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The look on Walker's face said he thought Jacob was acting crazy.
Maybe he was, but Jacob didn't care.
In the last few hours he'd gone from keeping his distance from Molly because he didn't want to chance messing up the 'friendship' that he believed they had, to a man on the verge of losing the woman he loved.
And no, that was no mistake.
He loved Molly.
That was the only name for the sheer panic and terror that he'd felt when he heard the loud noises on the other end of the call. The crashing sounds of furniture and the fearful rising tone in her voice.
He'd come so damn close to losing her and now, he didn't know what to do with the knowledge that he loved this woman.
Especially when Doctor Roan Ashley sat him down and explained what he thought was happening to Molly.
"We're going to have to do some tests," Roan spoke softly and looked between Jacob and Molly as he did, "but it seems like Molly's having a bit of amnesia. Which," Jacob reasoned that Roan must have seen the look in his eyes, "isn't all that uncommon with what she went through."
"That's the thing, Doctor." Molly's gaze was on Roan's face, but her hand reached out and took his hand into her own. "I don't know what I went through."
Molly turned to look at him, and Jacob did his best to keep his expression as neutral as possible.
"What don't I know?"
Jacob swallowed and turned his head trying to release some of the pressure that had built up in his neck. "I don't know everything that happened, sweetheart, but I can tell you what I know."
"Maybe we should hold off on all of that."
"Fuck." Jacob swore under his breath.
"I didn't just hear that, did I, detective?"
"If you did, it wasn't about you, Sergeant."
"Good." She nodded and walked into the room. "I heard some of what was going on from Pilar and Irish, but I'm not sure how much Miss Ferguson should hear."
"Sergeant Kate Turner." Molly said the rank softly to herself before she looked at the faces in the room. "Detective Walker Ashley." Then she looked at Jacob, nodding. "They're siblings. I remember back from one of your files."
Jacob looked at Molly with a curious grin. "You remember that? That must have been from..."
"Three years ago. It was one of the first group of notes that I transcribed for you." She turned back to Kate. "Whatever this is," she swallowed and cleared her throat, "it happened at work."
Kate nodded and kept a neutral look on her face. "Right."
Molly lifted her hand from his and reached up to touch her throat.
Jacob did what he could not to cringe when she looked at Roan again.
"Can I... May I have a mirror please?"
Jacob wasn't sure if the doctor said no because they didn't have one in the room, or if he was trying not to scare her, but Jacob was grateful for it either way.
Kate didn't seem to have any qualms. "Here. You can use my phone." Pulling her phone out of her pocket, Kate turned it on and opened the camera app. Then she turned the camera feed around, making it into a mirror.
She held it out so that Molly could see herself.
"Oh my g-"
Molly touched her throat on both sides with her fingertips. She turned her head back and forth as she touched the bruised skin, then tested the edges of the marks with gentle prodding touches.
