Originally Posted by srhgts:
“Linda's flinching when Mick tries to touch her, wearing clothes that cover her whole body, not wearing make up or doing her hair, staying in bed a lot, looking haunted and getting very upset frequently, acting strangely around one particular man, being overly protective of her daughter regarding men and freaks out when Mick tries to have sex with her... I think it'd be pretty clear to anyone in real life that she's been raped.”
Originally Posted by LHolmes:
“Yeah and Linda never goes anywhere so for her to have been raped it would have had to be by someone close to them which you just wouldn't begin to think of. There are other reasons why someone might be down in the dumps and off sex.”
Mick may have an inkling now but be reluctant to ask Linda straight out in case he's wrong. Also, he'll be wondering - if she was raped, when it would have happened. As they run a family business and live above it, she doesn't have to go out to work and come back late. If she had come back very late one night, he would have guessed by now that she had been raped that night but she's usually at home with family. He was worried initially when Nancy said she abandoned dinner but relaxed when he found out she was at Sharon's. Also there could be other reasons i.e. depression why a partner is not interested in sex all of a sudden.