Chapter 368: They called me

Sheldon POV

"Tell me girl." I say in her ear.

"I talked to Pickle and Lucky when I was with Randy and Jenson and they both said they didn't want me."

I lean "No baby you didn't I was with them the whole time." I say.

She turns and she looks confused "This medicine is helping and I remember some things now." She starts crying. I reach for her but she waves my hand off. She wipes her face and sits up.

"I remember. Randy made me call and talk to Pickle after I fought them all day. He said I was just a drunk slut and I can just stay there with Randy cause no one there wants me." Her head drops and she cries for a minute. Then she looks straight up for a minute, she wipes her face and looks at me.

"I heard his voice. It was him. I was also with Randy when they called my phone and told.. me" she's trying not to cry but it's not working she's choking on her words "I had to hear about Finn.. then they rape me for six hours straight. I don't remember much after that."

She picks up my hand and squeezes it "I wanted to be there for you but they wouldn't let me leave." I grab her she tries pushing me away but I don't let her.

"What did they tell you?" I ask wondering what she's heard.

She looks at me confused now "They called me and told me.." she looks away from my eyes "About Finn death."

"What! Who the fuck told you that?" I yell and she jumps and pulls away from me.

"I'm sorry River." I say grabbing her. I hold her "That's not true River. Finn's alive and Pickle and Lucky have been tracking him. He's some kind of secret government hit man. He's alive he was in France so that where the guys are?"

"No." She shakes her head "The Colonel called me and told me over the phone."

"River we have had every person we could hire looking for you. Cops and searches and TV reports, missing person fliers. We look everyday for you."

"Can I trust you to tell what's real?" She asks dropping her head.

"Yes River. I promise on my life that I will always tell you the truth even if I don't want to."

"Even if it hurts me?" She asks. I nod.

"Did I make it so we lost Colt?" She wipes her face.

"No! Lie.. Colt is home with us where he belongs. He's got a girlfriend now and friends. Football is his life so good luck getting him to sit and talk to you for longer than five minutes. He's just played the last game of the season last week. They got close to the Championship but lost the last five minutes."

"He's doing good." She cries. I hold her and lay her on my chest. I grab my phone and show her Annie's play. She cries through the whole thing.

"She was amazing. She looks so big."

I nod.

"What else did I miss."

I tell her everything. "They waited as long as they could but they had to do it or lose all the money and venues." I show her the video of Flame and Ryders wedding.

"She looks so beautiful!" She says covering her mouth as she "oohs" and "ahhs" at the vows. She screams in excitement when Ryder stands to kiss Flame at the I do's.

"He's standing!" She screams and cries. I wipe my face then I hand her some tissues.

"He was going to Mexico for some new experimental trial something with regrowth of something. I remember now." She says as she rewinds it and watches again.

"That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." She says.

"Here's Mia and Crash at her prom."

"He dressed in a tux! He said he wouldn't do it they got in a fight about it. She told me." She laughs staring at it for a while.

"Please tell me someone took some better pictures." She laughs. I grab her and tickle her making her giggle.

"Very rude. I only have one hand! Do you know how hard it is to hold this big thing and take a picture with one hand." She's laughs and smacks me with the pillow.

"I missed you shit head." I say pulling her over and kissing her head. She lays on my chest.

"Will you stay up here with me for a little while." I hold her tightly and nod.

"Close your eyes." I say kissing her head once more, that one was for me.

"Do you think the calls were fake? Can you fake a whole call?" She says softly.

"With AI and stuff probably."

"It wasn't real River. If someone had a gun to their head and told them to say those words to you, you know they would rather die then do it. He faked it and he'll pay for what he did."

She picks up my stubby hand and looks at it, just touching it. She kisses the end and then holds it to her heart. She reaches up and lightly touches the side of my face that's buried. She touches my cheek "Does it hurt?" I shake my head "At first yes all the time but now it's just like regular skin but rougher." I laugh.

"I can never have a decent beard now." She laughs at me and smacks my chest.

"Did you and Finn ever talk about me?" I take a deep breath. I kiss her head and squeeze her.

"Yes. We talked about you and the guys and Annie of course. We would make up things you guys would be doing that day. Like today you took Annie to the zoo and she laughed at the monkeys. Then Pickle and Lucky got in a argument if she's had enough candy or not." She laughs.

"I love that! It hurt to think about you guys when I was with them. They confused me and manipulated me and I'm scared they can still get me. I'm scared to close my eyes. They took me from a locked facility. I went to sleep in Pickle's arms and woke up in the back of a car being raped by Jenson. I don't know who to trust."

"Shh baby girl." I say softly "You can trust me."

"We're in a private hospital which means money talks and we've gave them so much money that they can't recall your name. There is no way anyone can find you. Well I'm sure Brain can but he would have to know where to look and they only have two cameras in this place." She lifts her head and looks around.

"Why couldn't he find me then? Did he even try this time?" I sit up and look at her.

"Who Brain?" She nods then she cries just a little at first then harder

"He didn't even look for me last time. Did Denalii even look for me? Did he even care I was gone?"