Chapter One: Goodbye…
"Mom, I'm home!" I yell into the house. It feels too empty. I go into the kitchen and grab a soda out of the fridge and pull out my phone. I have a missed call and a voicemail.
I dial my voice mail number.
"You have one unread voicemail"
A small pause…
"Hello, is this Mitchie Torres's phone number? This is Bayonne Hospital calling. I am Dr. Martin. I am calling because you mother has been brought in because she was in a terrible car accident and she was shot. –I scream 'what?'- She is in surgery now. We would like you to come down to the critical center as soon as you can."
The phone goes dead as I hang up and run to my car. I start my car and dial Shane's number.
"hullo?" a sleepy Shane answers the phone.
"S-shane…. M-m-my m-mom s-she's in the –h-hospital…" I wipe away my tears as I pull out of my drive way.
"What?! Mitchie, The guys and I will meet you there! Don't go in without us!" You can tell that woke him right up.
"T-thanks, Shane! Meet me at the critical center at Bayonne Hospital." I hang up and start my way to down town, Bayonne. I arrive at the hospital at the same time that Shane, Jason and Nate do. We rush in and I ask for Connie Torres and the nurse goes to get the doctor.
Dr. Martin comes out with a pained look on her face. She walks up to us, "Mitchie, right?"
"Y-yeah…" I look at her and Shane wraps his arms around my waist from behind me.
"I think you might want to sit down for this…" She says and I shake my head and she continues, "I'm sorry Miss Torres, we did all we could but she lost too much blood during the surgery to get the bullet out. Your mother was shot by a sniper rifle. After she was hit she got hit on the driver's side by a tractor trailer."
"NO!" I sink to the ground crying my eyes out, "mom….. No she can't die! She promised me she would never leave me!"
"Mitchie…" Shane hugs me. I cry into him.
"Nate, Jason, take my car home, I'm going to drive Mitchie in her car." Shane picks me up and takes me out to my car. He puts me into the back seat and he gets in the driver side.
We get to my house and I run inside and lock myself in the bathroom. I know Shane is running after me but I don't care. I lock the bathroom door and turn on my shower I just sit under the running water crying. Shane keeps yelling and banging on the door.
"GO AWAY!" I scream.
"Mitchie, come on babe! Let me help you. Please!" He yells through the door, "If you don't unlock this door in two minutes, I swear I will break it down!"
I don't answer and he starts kicking the door and after about five minutes he breaks it open.
"Shane, don't. Please I just want to be alone!" I stand up and whisper. I grab a towel and walk into my room.
He follow's me and I look at him and he turns around as I get dressed into dry clothes.
"Decent…" I look away as he hugs me.
"Mitchie, please babe, talk to me…." He begs me as I pull away. I shake my head and sit on my bed where my key board is.
"Shane I can't talk it out. I have to use music to get it out of my system. I can't just talk mom away like this never happened…."I pause, "Shane, I just realized something…."
"Oh no, no no no no no! Don't say it please, please don't say it… You can't go to that monster! He'll hurt you again. Mitchie I will NOT let you go to him!" Shane jumps up and I shake my head.
"Shane, you don't get it do you?" I look away, "It's in her will. She knew something would happen. We can't fight this. It's legal, my father can take me back. Mom is the one who took me and left."
"Mitchie play that song please. I want to hear, For The Love of a Daughter…" He looks at me.
"Shane" I look at him and shake my head and he gives me that look, "Fine!"
I start playing on my keyboard…..
Four years old with my back to the door
All I could hear was the family war
Your selfish hands always expecting more
Am I your child or just a charity award?
You have a hollowed out heart
But it's heavy in your chest
I try so hard to fight it but it's hopeless
Hopeless, you're hopeless
Oh, father, please, father
I'd love to leave you alone
But I can't let you go
Oh, father, please, father
Put the bottle down
For the love of a daughter
Oh
It's been five years since we've spoken last
And you can't take back
What we never had
Oh, I can be manipulated
Only so many times,
Before even "I love you"
Starts to sound like a lie
You have a hollowed out heart
But it's heavy in your chest
I try so hard to fight it but it's hopeless
Hopeless, you're hopeless
Oh, father, please, father
I'd love to leave you alone
But I can't let you go
Oh, father, please, father
Put the bottle down
For the love of a daughter
Don't you remember I'm your baby girl?
How could you push me out of your world,
Lied to your flesh and your blood,
Put your hands on the ones that you swore you loved?
Don't you remember I'm your baby girl?
How could you throw me right out of your world?
So young when the pain had begun
Now forever afraid of being loved
Oh, father, please, father
I'd love to leave you alone
But I can't let you go
Oh, father, please, father
Oh, father, please, father
Put the bottle down
For the love of a daughter
For the love of a daughter
I play the ending and look over at Shane. He reaches over and wipes the tears from my cheeks. I give him a week smile and kiss him lightly on the lips.