Shannon was ready to leave the hospital and Kevin was there to pick her up, she did not know what he had planned. She thought that he was going to take her home to her parent's house, yet he had something else in mind.
"Hey babe." He said cheerfully.
"Hey." She said kissing him on the cheek.
"Ready to go?" he asked.
"Sure am." She replied. "I need to put this nightmare behind me."
"Good, because I have just the thing." He said.
"Oh Kev, I just want to go home and relax." She sighed.
"You will get a chance to relax and talk, we will work on this together. I know my dad told you some things that need to be explained and I need to be with you so I can help you with what that asshole did to you." He explained.
"Alright where are we going?" she asked.
"Well I got us a cabin for the weekend, I have a trunk full of supplies, Jack's mom and dad rented it for us, gave me the money for the supplies and the car rental." He explained further. "They wanted to help us."
"We will have to go back to my parents house so I can pack a few things." She said.
"Your mother took care of all of that." He said. "C'mon let's get going."
"Well lead the way." Was all she could say? The two of them walked out of the hospital holding hands, Kevin parked as close as he could so they did not have to walk far. He opened the door of the car and the two of them were off on the road. It would be a two hour job to the cabin; Shannon rolled the window down and leaned back in the passenger seat. Kevin waited until they were about fifteen minutes into the drive before he began talking to Shannon about what had happened. At first she was very quiet and he thought she would not talk to him the rest of the drive. Finally she spoke and he hoped that what his father had done to her did not cause irreparable damage to their relationship.
"So what is going to happen to your father?" she asked with no hint of emotion in her voice.
"According to the D.A. he will be tried as a sex offender and even though this is the first time he has done anything like this the D.A. will push for the maximum penalty. It depends on the judge in the case, she may give him prison with the maximum sentence or prison with some mental treatment." He explained.
"I'm sorry Kevin I hope they lock him away for a longtime." She said.
"Don't be sorry, for what he did to you I hope they do lock him away." He said. "He hurt someone I love very much."
"Kevin I love you too" she said. "But I need to know, did you have sex with his girlfriend?"
"Yes I did." He said. "We had sex twice before you and I started dating."
"I see." She said. "Why did you have sex with her?"
"I'm just a dumb guy who could not control his hormones." He said. "Maybe subconsciously I thought I was doing to him what he did to my mother."
"So do you really love me or are you a dumb guy with his hormones going wild?" she asked.
Kevin could feel the stare that was fixated on him as he drove down the road; his stomach began to feel like it was twisting in knots. Even though it was eighty degrees outside he felt a cold chill run up and down his spine. He knew the answer to that question, yet he knew as well if it did not sound convincing to her all could be lost to their relationship.