Giving Up, Part 2
(At the hospital, the whole family is there gathered in the waiting room waiting to here the conditions of Lucy and Patrick. Kevin is in the waiting room also pacing back and forth waiting for the doctor)
Kevin: (nervous and angry tone) WHAT THE HELL IS TAKING SO LONG
Ben: calm down Kevin they'll be ok
Eric: All we can do is pray for now Kevin
Kevin: easy for you to say
Eric: what are you talking about, easy for me to say?
Kevin: it's not your wife in there or your son in there
Eric: no Kevin it's not my wife in there or my son in there, it's my daughter and grandson, so why don't you just sit down and watch your tone with me
Kevin: go to hell
Eric: Kevin
Ben: what's your problem? (Talking to Kevin)
Kevin: my problem is everyone telling me to calm down
Annie: everyone just relax
Mary: it's the best thing we can do for now
Simon: mom is right
Matt: let's not cause a commotion
Kevin: if they don't get a doctor out here soon to tell me what the hell is going on in there I'll cause more than a commotion
(All of a sudden cops come through the doors of the waiting room and head towards Kevin)
Chief: You're coming with us
Kevin: for what? (Rude tone)
Other cop: (starts to put the hand-cuffs on Kevin)
(Kevin struggles the cop to the ground and is finally overpowered and has the hand-cuffs on)
Eric: (loudly) what's going on officer?
Chief: Kevin Kinkirk is being sentenced with the crime of shaking an infant causing mental trauma to his son
All the family: (horrified) Kevin is innocent
Chief: we'll see about that
Kevin: (angry tone) I've never shaken Patrick or Ryan ever
Chief: well to the doctors they say you have
Kevin: what about Lucy? Is she ok?
Chief: you mean your wife?
Kevin: yes
Chief: she is being charged with the same crime
Kevin: I can't believe this… (annoyed tone) How is her condition?
(Doctor walks in)
Doctor: she is pregnant
All the family: (shocked) WHAT?
Kevin:
what?
Doctor: she is pregnant
Kevin: I heard that part
Doctor: she is just fine Mr. Kinkirk but I'm afraid your son has suffered minor head injuries
Kevin: and you think Lucy and I shook him?
Doctor: he shows perfect signs of being shaken
Kevin: Doctor, you do realize he also hit the ground when Lucy fainted?
Doctor: I did know that Mr. Kinkirk but the x-rays prove signs of being shaken
Kevin: Neither Lucy nor I have ever shaken Ryan or Patrick
Doctor: we'll argue your case in court
Kevin: this is ridiculous
Doctor:
as soon as your wife is out of the hospital she will be also put in
jail joining her husband (giving a nasty look to Kevin)
Eric: you
can't take either one of them
Annie: Lucy and Kevin are great parents
Doctor: as for Ryan he will be put in the protective care of his god-parents Mary and Ben Kinkirk. Where are they in this group?
Mary and Ben: (walk over towards the doctor and grab Ryan quickly out of the doctor's hands) I know for a fact the right parents for Ryan and Patrick are Kevin and Lucy
Doctor: and when Lucy does in fact have the couples 3rd child he will also be put into your care
Kevin: trust me Doctor Lucy and I will be proven innocent by then
Doctor: of course you will (sarcastic)
Eric: how is Patrick?
Doctor: he is fine and with a little therapy he will be back to normal
Kevin: thank god
Doctor: as for his parents and their poor behavior towards what should be the most important things in their lives I hope they never see their children again
Ben: (stand up close right in the doctors face) and I hope you never see the gates of heaven you son-of-a-bitch
Doctor: want to go to jail along with this guy?
Ben: (steps back and spits on the doctor) the one who should go to jail is you for being the most hated guy in all of Glen Oak
Chief: (immediately wrestles Ben to the ground)
Ben: (before being pinned down he punches the doctor right in the face)
Chief: and you are under-arrest for attempted murder (talking to Ben)
Ben: if I wanted to kill him I would have done it the minute I walked in the room
Doctor: have fun in prison (talking to Ben is a nasty tone)
Ben: it's better than being in your presence (nasty tone back)
(The cops proceed out to the swat car with Ben and Kevin hand-cuffed)
Doctors: would you care to see Lucy?
Eric: (rudely) I actually don't think you should be Lucy or Patrick's doctor anymore so if you excuse me I would like to have a new doctor to take of my daughter and grandson
Doctor: as you wish (leaves them in the waiting room)
Annie: let's go see Lucy
(The whole family goes out of the waiting room and finds Lucy's room)
Lucy's
room
(Lucy is asleep with all these wires hooked up to her)
Annie: (lightly taps Lucy on the shoulder whispering to her softly) Lucy…Lucy…Lucy
(Lucy suddenly wakes up scared)
Lucy: (shaken up) what's going on? Where am I?
Annie: Lucy, its ok, your ok, your in the hospital
Lucy: (scared) why?
Annie: don't you remember fainting?
Lucy: (taking a pause and suddenly she remembers) o my god, I remember, I remember
Annie: you were holding… (Lucy stops her and finishes her sentence)
Lucy: PATRICK
Annie: yeah
Lucy: (scared) is he ok?
Annie: he is just fine
Lucy: where is Kevin?
Eric: Lucy
Lucy: where is Kevin? I thought he would be here
Eric: he just got arrested (saying this hesitantly)
Lucy:
(worried) for what?
Annie: the doctors say the x-ray of Patrick's
skull proves that he has been shaken and it caused minor trauma
Lucy: (breaks down crying) I never have shaken him in my life and neither has Kevin, Ryan and Patrick are our lives, we love them
Annie: (comforting Lucy) I know sweetie, I know
Lucy: why did I faint? (Still crying)
Annie: that's the good news
Lucy: (surprised look on her face as she looks up at her mother but she is still crying)
Annie: you're pregnant
Lucy: I can't be
To be continued………..
