Ch 41-
"You sure you don't wanna go to your mom's? Or even Mel's?" Jimmy asked.
"No. Mel's is probably taped off and I don't think I could sleep even if I wanted to." Kim tried to smile. "But you go on. Go pick up Joey and Charlie and take them to my mom's. Bobby went to his mom's to get some sleep. He said he'd be back around nine or so. I think you could use the sleep."
"So could you." Jimmy pointed out.
Kim nodded. "Probably but I don't think I'd be able to."
"I could stay. One phone call and my mom will pick them up and take them back to her place for the night."
"Your mom? Yeah, have you told her about Charlie yet?"
"I wanted to do it face to face but desperate times call for desperate measures."
"Jimmy, go get our kids and take them to my mom's. Please. I'll feel better knowing they're with you and I'm pretty sure Charlie would like seeing a familiar face right about now."
"Okay but promise me you will come home for some sleep. Please?"
"I'll come home when Bobby gets here. I don't want her and my mom to be alone."
Jimmy pressed a kiss to her forehead. "Call me if you wanna talk. Or even if you don't."
"I will. Kiss the kids for me."
"Promise." Jimmy smiled before he left.
Kim watched him go before she went back into Melanie's room. Catherine was in the chair by her bed. Kim took the chair on the opposite side and pulled it closer. She rested her arms on the railing of her sister's bed and her chin on her hands as she watched her sister sleep.
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Jimmy's eyes opened when he heard the door to the bedroom he was in open. "Kim?"
"Hey. I thought you'd be in my mom's room." She whispered.
"Joey's in there. He was tired. So was Charlie. She's in there too sharing Abby's space."
Kim nodded.
"Any change?"
"She was still asleep when I left. Any word?"
"Bosco called. They checked the station, his place, and Brooke's. No luck."
"Great." Kim said as she sat down and took her shoes off. Her watch went next along with her necklace. She put the watch and necklace on the nightstand while her shoes were stored under the bed. "Where's my bag?"
"On the floor next to the dresser."
"Thanks." Kim knelt down and opened it. She pulled out a pair of boxer shorts. She kept her T-shirt on, since it was long and traded her jeans for the shorts.
Jimmy smiled almost unconsciously. She hadn't even hesitated in changing in front of him. That was a good sign to him.
"What?"
Jimmy looked up. "What?"
"You were smiling."
"I was?"
"Yeah. So what's up?"
"Just thinking. How are you?" He sat up.
"Scared. Mad. A little relieved."
"Relieved?"
"Yeah. I'm so glad Mom had Abby. I don't even want to think what would have happened if she hadn't." She said as she took a spot on the other bed. She looked over at him.
"You're staring."
"I know. I guess I'm just counting my blessings."
"About what?"
"You and I never had the easiest time together but I always knew that no matter what, no matter how bad things got between us you would never raise a hand to me or to Joey."
"Guess I'm just not wired that way."
Kim nodded. "Yeah I know. After I had Charlie, whenever a woman would come into the E.R. and she'd been beaten I always prayed that Charlie would never find herself as a statistic. That she'd find a good man, like her dad, because Jimmy no matter how badly you screw things up that's what you are. You're a good man."
"C'mere." Jimmy reached out a hand and pulled Kim to his bed. She sat beside him. "It's gonna be okay. Mel and Abby are gonna be okay."
"Just keep telling me that will you?" She said softly.
"As long as you need me to." He promised.
"You sure you don't wanna go to your mom's? Or even Mel's?" Jimmy asked.
"No. Mel's is probably taped off and I don't think I could sleep even if I wanted to." Kim tried to smile. "But you go on. Go pick up Joey and Charlie and take them to my mom's. Bobby went to his mom's to get some sleep. He said he'd be back around nine or so. I think you could use the sleep."
"So could you." Jimmy pointed out.
Kim nodded. "Probably but I don't think I'd be able to."
"I could stay. One phone call and my mom will pick them up and take them back to her place for the night."
"Your mom? Yeah, have you told her about Charlie yet?"
"I wanted to do it face to face but desperate times call for desperate measures."
"Jimmy, go get our kids and take them to my mom's. Please. I'll feel better knowing they're with you and I'm pretty sure Charlie would like seeing a familiar face right about now."
"Okay but promise me you will come home for some sleep. Please?"
"I'll come home when Bobby gets here. I don't want her and my mom to be alone."
Jimmy pressed a kiss to her forehead. "Call me if you wanna talk. Or even if you don't."
"I will. Kiss the kids for me."
"Promise." Jimmy smiled before he left.
Kim watched him go before she went back into Melanie's room. Catherine was in the chair by her bed. Kim took the chair on the opposite side and pulled it closer. She rested her arms on the railing of her sister's bed and her chin on her hands as she watched her sister sleep.
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Jimmy's eyes opened when he heard the door to the bedroom he was in open. "Kim?"
"Hey. I thought you'd be in my mom's room." She whispered.
"Joey's in there. He was tired. So was Charlie. She's in there too sharing Abby's space."
Kim nodded.
"Any change?"
"She was still asleep when I left. Any word?"
"Bosco called. They checked the station, his place, and Brooke's. No luck."
"Great." Kim said as she sat down and took her shoes off. Her watch went next along with her necklace. She put the watch and necklace on the nightstand while her shoes were stored under the bed. "Where's my bag?"
"On the floor next to the dresser."
"Thanks." Kim knelt down and opened it. She pulled out a pair of boxer shorts. She kept her T-shirt on, since it was long and traded her jeans for the shorts.
Jimmy smiled almost unconsciously. She hadn't even hesitated in changing in front of him. That was a good sign to him.
"What?"
Jimmy looked up. "What?"
"You were smiling."
"I was?"
"Yeah. So what's up?"
"Just thinking. How are you?" He sat up.
"Scared. Mad. A little relieved."
"Relieved?"
"Yeah. I'm so glad Mom had Abby. I don't even want to think what would have happened if she hadn't." She said as she took a spot on the other bed. She looked over at him.
"You're staring."
"I know. I guess I'm just counting my blessings."
"About what?"
"You and I never had the easiest time together but I always knew that no matter what, no matter how bad things got between us you would never raise a hand to me or to Joey."
"Guess I'm just not wired that way."
Kim nodded. "Yeah I know. After I had Charlie, whenever a woman would come into the E.R. and she'd been beaten I always prayed that Charlie would never find herself as a statistic. That she'd find a good man, like her dad, because Jimmy no matter how badly you screw things up that's what you are. You're a good man."
"C'mere." Jimmy reached out a hand and pulled Kim to his bed. She sat beside him. "It's gonna be okay. Mel and Abby are gonna be okay."
"Just keep telling me that will you?" She said softly.
"As long as you need me to." He promised.