The Beauty
Author: Anne
Terri was at her desk, doing the paperwork that had 2 b done! Suddenly
her phone rings.” Sullivan make sure your ready by nine im taking you
out I intend on wining and dining you”. once the call ended Terri
finished up and begin her short journey home to her apartment. Upon her
arrival she found a long sky blue gown on her bed it was stunnning and
matching shoes and undies."very sweet" she thought to herself!She began
getting ready and lookin at her herself in the mirror she heard somebody
behing sighing with approval mitch u scared me !"your door was unlocked
sullivan". So off the went on their date.They went to Sorrentos a posh
restaurant in sydney.Mitch was the perfect gentleman,helping terri in
and out of the establishment.Eventually they were taking a romantic walik
in the park talkling and remisining, after a pash session terri arrived
home as she had an early statr the next morning.She was tucked up in
bed alone, nice and comfy then suddenly she heard a large thud coming
from the bathroom down the hall........
Terri turned her light on and began proceeding down the hall until she
was stopped in her tracks by a masked intruder.Terri began running but
was followed bt the intruder, there was a struggle and terri managed to
grab the mask it was malcolm."What do you want from me"sobbed
terri.Fear enveloped her, it was clear wat he wanted when he began to tug at her
robe and open his trousers.Terri began to remember neil phillips she
struggled and she thought of mitch.He had been through so much this would
kill him!Screaming she kicked and thumped malcolm she managed to get
away from him and into the bedroom where she somehow she managed to lock
the door she grabbed her mobile and puunched in the number that she
knew so well"mitch lease help get over here now "she sobbed after mitch
said said a groggy hello.Mitch was instantly out the door and driving
away in his pajero.Malcolm was now kicking the door in, terri sobbed at
the other side of the bed there was now way shed fit out the window.
Malcolm determination had paid off he entered terris room she tried to
fight him but he was too strong he dragged her onto the bed and ripped
her nitie off her and began touching her.Mitch felt sick he had no idea
wat was wrong all he knw was that his sullivan needed his help!! teri
was crying the whole time and fighting but she couldnt overpower him all
she could hear wa his groans of pleasure. Tears poured down her
face,when hes finished he told her that it wouldnt b their last meeting.
terri ran to the bathroom where she locked the door behind her and hear
malcolm leave reliel but ain at the same time she was badly bruised around
the wrist and inner thighs also she was bleeding from the forced entry,
now all she could do was wait for mitch.
Terri began to let wat had just happened to her sink in!All she felt
was dirty,she needed to get rid of his smell and touch from her at this
point very bruised and friagile body!Meanwhile mitch was speeding
towards terris apartment feeling very uneasy about his love.Flashbacks
occured to the nite she and von had refused his help but now here see was
needing his help.When he arrived he kicked the door in and ran in to
terris siiting room sh was nowhere 2 b seen he screamed her name"TERRI TERRI
".ATLAST there was a small voce calling ,mitch he could hear the shower
running and when the door was unlocked he saw his beauty her face tear
stained and he felt sick her body was battered. He wanted to know who
had done this to her."Cmon sullivan tell me wat happened take ur time"
terris sobs grew somewhat more emotional ."oh mitch he hurt me he hurt
me bad and he told me it wasnt the ast time im so scared wat if he goes
further this time wat if he kills me" SHH sullivan i wont let him or
anyone touch you ever again, dont u worry babe.Anger was boilin up inside
mitch he wanted to hrut malcolm he wanted to kill him but he couldnt
leave terri now.He helped her into her clothes and finaly found out the
truth "he he raped me" she blurted mitch couldnt believe it, coulnt
believe that anyone would wanna hurt this beauty no matter how much they
lusted after her. "im calling the police terri hes not getting away with
it, and then swetie im calling von okay ill be right here im just going
to the kitchen to make the call dont move okay?"Terri nodded and
comtinued to stare into space."von illl tell you all when you arrive but
could you please just come over asap, i have called the police ok thanks
see you soon"
"Mitch mitch are you there, he took the crucifix mitch he knew i
cherish it even if im not a nun anymore."A while later while the detectives
were interviewing terri von arrived," i have just goota go out for a
minute von please take care o her i wont be long!" "mitch dotn you do
anything stupid okay u hear em she needs you now!" Like a bolt lightening
mitch headed towards to all saints western general, he ran towards ward
17, ,matt can u break into admins staffs files? " yeah sure its easy
why mitch are you okay " oh i will be just do it please" k there you are
malcolm pussle 14 howards place , micth are you sure u dotn wanna tell
me wat your up to ?" mitch left the ward without answering and her
headed towarsd the address he had a bone to chew with that p*ick!
"von wheres mitch i want mitch?" cried teri." i call him now okay?"
mitch were the hell are you hurry up and get home okay von left the
message oh his machine . Terri hes on his way i promise. Mitch looked at the
neat and small town house too ncie for a rat like him he thought to
himself, mitch knocked the door but no reply he hoped the fence and
glanced in the window noone there, he smashed the pane of glass in the dorr
and let himself him. No sign of him but as he proceeded into the bedroom
a sight which sickened him was his greeting pictures of terri leaving
and entering work, leavign her house, photos of her and himself out on a
romantic stroll mitchs stomach turned. He must have followed her
everywhere. "i'll kill yhim" he said aloud "oh i beg to difeer was the rply
from malcolm standing in the doorway. Mitch pinned him againts the wall
and began punching and kicking the man who had so badly struck terri,
but then mitch felt a sharp pain and felt all warm and
dizzy..........................
Terri at this time felt something like a sharp pain, then it hit her
something was wrong with her mitchimus.VON WHERES MITCH terri
screamed.Mitch awaoke to find himself lying in a pool of his own blood he was
cautious to look around fearful that malcolm may finish the job he had
begun.Mitch felt the severe pain in his chest and abdomon, slowly he
began to look around the room no sign of malcolm he sliiped his mobile out
of his pocket and rung 999"please help me im in 14 howards place i've
been stabbed twice i think please hurry" mitch gasped he knew that time
was running out he could see the amount of blood running from his
weakening body.Doing only wat he knew how he held his hands to the wound
sites trying to keep pressure on the area to prevent even further blood
loss.After wat seemed to mitch was an eternity he heard the ambulance
pull up in the drive and he heard the familar voice of ben markham calling
"hello ambulance service" micth gasped and called im in here, ben and
scott both went pale when the saw their patient and the amount off
blood loss. Okay mitch im just gonna cannulate to administer soem drugs
just keep awake for me mate.
Mitch began thinking of terri and who she must be feeling right now and
he asked scott for terri to be told as he wanted her to be with him.
Scott respected his wishes and radioed base until suddenly mitch lost
consciousness and ben had to tube him. Terri dropped the phone and ran
towards vons car with her best friend terri got iinto the drivers seat
until von remarked" theres noway your driving my car when your like this
move it" she said sternly but in a way terri knew it was just von being
herself. Mitch was rushed to all saints and from casualty to theatre
where luke was waiting for him, jesus luke gasped when he saw the victim
wat happened" no idea " scott stated, then suddenly a fragile looking
terri sullivan entered the hallway running towards mitch kissing him and
whispering i love you please hold on you have so much to live for
please!
Sobbing mitch was rushed to theatre, terri began questioning ben asking
where mitchw as found and wat had happened of course the address meant
nothin to terri, von then explained to ben quietly the evenings events
"sh!t von the house well it was covered in terri, but honestly i have
noides whos house it ws" thanks ben. Hours passed and terri sat staring
into space grabbing at the bracelet mitch had given her all those years
ago whn they first met and she had it there on her wrist 12 years on.
Of course von tried small talk but terri was soo worried and couldnt
face drinking or eating, 7 hours after luke first entered he reemerged
looking at terri, teri stared at him,"terri hes lost alot of bllood we
have this under control, however his aorta was slightly torn now ive
repaired it but theres no guarentees if he makes the nite theres alot of
hope" thank you luke when can i see him? " well hes in recovery so he will
heaing to icu in a few hours ill see if i can get you in as soon as he
settled in tak care terri ill b back later" Oh god von! wat is going to
happen?
Meanwhile Mitch Stevens lay in a hospital bed being moved from recovery
up to I.C.U many of the staff members upon hearing of the incident left
flowers and choccies for the respected colleague. Terri finally made
her away accompanied by von to the unit where Mitch was. Her heart sank,
her Mitch hooked up to all the machines she would come across everyday
but this was different this was the love of her life. Von had to hold
back the tears as Terri declared her love to Mitch, even thought watt
had happened to hours before she was focused on Mitch. Von knew she must
b hurting from the attack but she remained strong for Mitch, Luke
arrived some time later and told Terri that show far Mitch was stable and
that hi condition was not changing whish was a good sign. THEN Luke had
to ask Terri to come outside as the police needed to speak to her about
the stabbing, she was fragile and the police knew about the photos all
over the house and when Terri mentioned the nites events they left
quickly in search of Malcolm. Terri wept for she knew if she hadn’t of
phoned Mitch he would not be in the hospital fighting for his life. Von
left Terri alone with Mitch to get a coffee and to inform, a worried ward
17 of his condition, nelson was extremely worried about Terri.
TWO DAYS LATER
Terri was asleep holding Mitch’s hand when he began to stir, Terri
called for the nurse and he was allowed to breathe for himself finally
removing the ventilator and Terri could finally kiss her beloved on the
lips. Mitch was very tired and Terri knew this but was so glad to tell him
how much she loved him. Mitch kept saying, " sorry Sullivan "but Terri
was more afraid of losing Mitch, he finally fell asleep and Terri
needed to go the bathroom, which was the only time she left his side. Luke
entered the unit and told Mitch that ward 17 was waiting his arrival.
"Luke could u find my jacket I was wearing and take out its contents but
don’t let Terri or von see and then give it to me please mate" Mitch
whispered "sure mate" Luke replied but watt exactly is it? He was cut out
by von opening the door upon Terri’s refusal for him to be left alone.
Moments later Mitch was headed to ward17 and Terri was by his side,
ward 17 cheered when he was pushed through the doors nelson settled Mitch
in and left himself ad Terri alone. They both knew how close they were
to losing each other, Mitch asking Terri how she was and Terri doing
likewise, unfortunately there was no news on Malcolm, Terri was on the
bed with Mitch head on her cheat and she was gently stroking his hair (on
his head u dirty folks).
Suddenly the ward was quiet and the door was pushed in
harshly......................
Terri glanced at the door only to be greeted at the door by the same
man whom had attcked her and her love hours earlier, "I HOPE YOU DIDNT
THINK ID LEAVE THINGS THE WAY THEY WERE?? IF I CANT HAVE U THEN HE WONT
EITHER" Terri prayed that mitch wouldnt awaken and she pushed the buzzer
nelson birst into the room followed by luke,jared and paula malcolm
graabed mitchs hand and took out a large knife "move and inch and i will
kill him this time , matt heard the noises annd rang the police
meanwhile terri told malcolm to take her he wanted to hurt her far more than
mitch.
Suddenly mitch began stirring and malcolm let go of him and grabbed
terri by the throat, sobbing she told mitch not to worry or move luke was
standing in the room pleading with malcol to let her go but to no
avail, soon afterwards the police arrived at the entrance to ward 17 but
were cautious about the form of entry to be taken. Nelson tugged at luke
and both men thumped malcolm causing him to let go of terri and the
ploce entered pulling him to the ground. In an instnt mitchs cardiac
monitor began buzzing and luke began compressions the gang worked fiercly
whilst terri just looked on helplessly, after a few minutes mitch regained
a normal rhythm much to all their delights and terri was over the
moon.
Hours later terri left to get a coffee, when luke reentered mitchs room
with his jacket and its contents in his hands, "mitch i believe this is
the item which u requested " "yup mate it sure is, im not leeting
anything seperate us again" Mitch sat comfortably on his bed awaiting to ask
the girl of his dreams to be his wife., appy and nervous he waited.
............................
Terri came in talking and flashed her smile, when micth silenced her "
whats wrong hunny are u okay?" im fine terri but i have to ask u
something right now terr shifted uncomfortably " therese sullivan will you
make me the happiest man on this earth and do me the pleasure of being my
wife" terri stared into his eyes and smiled of course il love to " with
that the happy couple began talking and planning the rest of their
lives for no matter what happened they always had their love
the end xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx