Kim dialed her mother's number and waited for an answer. A few minutes
later someone picked up the phone.
"Hello." Came a child's voice over the phone.
"Hey Joey. How is the sleepover?" Kim asked her son.
"Mommy! Can I please stay over again? I'm having a lot of fun." he replied joyfully.
"Let me talk to grandma, is she around?" Kim asked.
"Yeah, I'll go take her the phone." Joey said to his mother.
A few minutes later Kim was talking to her mother on the phone.
"Do you think Joey could stay over another night with you?" she asked her mother.
"Sure, I don't mind. He's having a ball as it is." her mother replied.
"How did you evening go last night?" her mother asked.
"The movie and everything was amazing. Then afterwards we came back to his place to talk about his brother, when things started to go downhill." Kim said quietly.
"What went wrong?" her mother asked nervously.
"As we talked, he had so much pain inside he just about had a nervous breakdown, so I asked if he thought it would help if I talked to him." Kim began to say; "I insisted that it might work and right about that time his brother stormed in and went into one of the back rooms. As Bobby went to try and regain his composure, I went and tried to talk to his brother, but my plan completely backfired." she said quietly.
"What happened with his brother?" her mother said softly, fearing about what she was going to hear.
"At first it seemed like it might actually work, trying to talk to him. Then all of a sudden he turned on me. We exchanged a few heated words and then he just snapped." Kim replied.
As Kim's mother listened to what her daughter had endured at the hands of Bobby's brother, she felt tears forming in her eyes.
"How bad are you hurt?" Kim's mother asked after her daughter had finished speaking.
"A lot of bruises from where he hit me, and a knife wound on my upper arm. Not to mention being very sore and weak." she replied.
"That's why I need Joey to stay with you tonight and I'll see if Jimmy can take him till the bruises are gone." Kim continued.
"Good idea, do you want me to see if Jimmy can watch him for a bit and bring you some clean clothes and stuff?" her mother asked.
"If you could, that would be great." Kim replied.
"What do you want me to bring you?" her mother asked as she grabbed a notepad and ink pen and wrote down what her daughter needed.
Kim's mother began to read back the list of items Kim had asked for to make sure she hadn't missed anything. Just then Bobby walked back into the bedroom carrying a tray containing an omelet, glass of orange juice, a piece of toast, a peeled and sliced apple and some grapes.
"I should be over after I talk to Jimmy," her mother said.
"Ok, but don't tell him what happened, I'll do that later." Kim replied.
"No problem. I'll be over shortly," her mother said before she hung up the phone.
"Ok, see you in a few." Kim replied as she turned off the phone.
Kim looked over at Bobby who had just walked back into the room and said, "How did you know that I liked omelets?"
"Just a lucky guess." he said, his brown eyes sparkling.
"My mom is bringing me some stuff from my apartment since I know you aren't going to let me leave." she said smiling as he sat down beside her.
"You got that right." he replied as he fed her a grape.
As Kim's mother looked over the list of items her daughter had asked for, she turned to her grandson and said, "Hey Joey, will you be good while I run out to the car for a moment?"
"Yeah nana, I'll be fine. Just don't take to long." her grandson replied.
"I'll have my keys so if anyone knocks on the door, don't answer it. Ok?" she replied.
"Ok nana, hurry back." Joey told her.
Kim's mother headed out the door and locked it and ran up several flights of stairs to Kim's apartment. She unlocked the door to her daughter's apartment and headed for the closet to get a duffel bag and systematically began to gather the things her daughter requested. She zipped up the bag and headed to the door and relocked it and went to put the bag in the trunk of her car. After picking up some things in the car to take back inside, she dashed back up to her apartment. As she walked back into her apartment, she quickly locked the door behind her and headed in the direction of her grandson.
"Joey honey, I'm back." She called, finding her grandson still playing video games.
"How would you like to go visit your dad?" she asked.
"Really, can we?" her grandson exclaimed.
"Let me call and see if its ok with him." she replied as she headed for the phone to call Jimmy.
As she walked into the next room, she picked up the phone and dialed the number to Jimmy's place, praying that he was home. Several rings later, she heard his voice on the other end of the phone.
"Hello Jimmy, how are you this morning?" Kim's mother said.
"I'm fine and you?" he replied back. Trying to figure out why Kim's mother had called him.
"Pretty good, I was wondering if I could bring Joey by for a little bit. I need to run a few errands and he wants to stay and play video games and come by and visit you." Kim's mother said.
"Sure. I'd be glad to watch him. How long will you be gone?" Jimmy replied.
"No longer than an hour." She replied.
"Sounds good. Oh by the way have you talked to Kim lately? I've been trying to get a hold of her all morning." Jimmy said full of concern.
"No, I haven't. Maybe she went out on a morning run or something." Kim's mother replied.
"You're probably right," he said back.
"I'll be over in a few minutes to drop of Joey." Kim's mother replied.
"Ok, I'll be here." Jimmy said as he hung up the phone.
As Kim's mother headed back into the room where her grandson sat playing video games, she said "Hey Joey, your dad said you could come over for an hour before he has to get ready for work."
"Get your coat on and we'll head over." she said as she made sure everything was turned off.
As she gathered her things, she and Joey headed out to her car, where they headed over to Jimmy's place. Within a matter of minutes, Kim's mother spotted Jimmy waiting outside for them.
"Hey champ, how are ya today?" Jimmy asked his son who was already running full tilt into his fathers waiting arms.
"Really good!" the little boy exclaimed with a huge smile on his face.
"I'll be back in an hour to pick him up so you can get ready for work." Kim's mother said to Jimmy before getting back into her car.
Jimmy and Joey both waved goodbye to her and she waved back as she headed for Bobby's to see her daughter.
As Bobby took the breakfast dishes back to the kitchen, he called the chief to let him know that he and Kim wouldn't be in for work after what had happened the previous night. The chief told Bobby he could take some time off to spend with Kim to help her recuperate. Just then Bobby heard a knock at his door. He finished up talking to the chief and headed over to see who it was. When he saw Kim's mother on the other side of the door, he quickly let her in and relocked the door.
"Where is Kim?" her mother asked quietly, still holding the bag her daughter had asked her to bring.
"She's resting in the bedroom on the right. Could you stay with her for a bit while I go check on getting the lock on the door replaced?" he asked.
"I'd be glad to. Jimmy thinks I'm out running errands for an hour so take your time." she said.
"Ok. I should be back in about ten minutes. Oh, and Bosco and Faith are gonna stop by so if they come by while I'm gone feel free to let them in."
"Not a problem." Kim's mother said as she headed towards the room Kim was resting in.
After locking the door securely behind him, he set out to find someone who could change the lock on the door that afternoon. Kim's mother slipped quietly into the room where her daughter was resting. She could hardly believe she was looking at her daughter all covered in bruises. As she placed the bag at the foot of the bed, she said "Kim, I brought the stuff you asked me to."
"Thank you." Kim replied quietly as she repositioned herself in bed.
"How are you feeling?" her mother asked.
"A bit better, but I've still got pain in my arm and I'm really sore and weak. I just feel so bad for Bobby, because he is blaming himself for what happened to me." Kim replied softly.
"When I called Jimmy to see if he could watch Joey, he told me he had been trying to get a hold of you all morning so you should probably call him whenever you can." she told her daughter.
"I'll call him after you go pick up Joey, because I know his reaction isn't going to be very pleasant." she replied.
"That's a good idea. He doesn't need to see his father on a rampage." she said in agreement with her daughter.
Just then there was a knock at the door of Bobby's apartment.
"I'll be back as soon as I see who that is." her mother replied as she got up to head to the door.
Seeing Faith and Bosco on the other side of the door, she let the two officers in.
"Hi Mrs. Zambrano, how is Kim doing?" Faith asked.
"Come on in and you can talk to her for a bit." she replied to the two officers.
After relocking the door, she led the two officers into Bobby's room where her daughter was.
"Hello." Came a child's voice over the phone.
"Hey Joey. How is the sleepover?" Kim asked her son.
"Mommy! Can I please stay over again? I'm having a lot of fun." he replied joyfully.
"Let me talk to grandma, is she around?" Kim asked.
"Yeah, I'll go take her the phone." Joey said to his mother.
A few minutes later Kim was talking to her mother on the phone.
"Do you think Joey could stay over another night with you?" she asked her mother.
"Sure, I don't mind. He's having a ball as it is." her mother replied.
"How did you evening go last night?" her mother asked.
"The movie and everything was amazing. Then afterwards we came back to his place to talk about his brother, when things started to go downhill." Kim said quietly.
"What went wrong?" her mother asked nervously.
"As we talked, he had so much pain inside he just about had a nervous breakdown, so I asked if he thought it would help if I talked to him." Kim began to say; "I insisted that it might work and right about that time his brother stormed in and went into one of the back rooms. As Bobby went to try and regain his composure, I went and tried to talk to his brother, but my plan completely backfired." she said quietly.
"What happened with his brother?" her mother said softly, fearing about what she was going to hear.
"At first it seemed like it might actually work, trying to talk to him. Then all of a sudden he turned on me. We exchanged a few heated words and then he just snapped." Kim replied.
As Kim's mother listened to what her daughter had endured at the hands of Bobby's brother, she felt tears forming in her eyes.
"How bad are you hurt?" Kim's mother asked after her daughter had finished speaking.
"A lot of bruises from where he hit me, and a knife wound on my upper arm. Not to mention being very sore and weak." she replied.
"That's why I need Joey to stay with you tonight and I'll see if Jimmy can take him till the bruises are gone." Kim continued.
"Good idea, do you want me to see if Jimmy can watch him for a bit and bring you some clean clothes and stuff?" her mother asked.
"If you could, that would be great." Kim replied.
"What do you want me to bring you?" her mother asked as she grabbed a notepad and ink pen and wrote down what her daughter needed.
Kim's mother began to read back the list of items Kim had asked for to make sure she hadn't missed anything. Just then Bobby walked back into the bedroom carrying a tray containing an omelet, glass of orange juice, a piece of toast, a peeled and sliced apple and some grapes.
"I should be over after I talk to Jimmy," her mother said.
"Ok, but don't tell him what happened, I'll do that later." Kim replied.
"No problem. I'll be over shortly," her mother said before she hung up the phone.
"Ok, see you in a few." Kim replied as she turned off the phone.
Kim looked over at Bobby who had just walked back into the room and said, "How did you know that I liked omelets?"
"Just a lucky guess." he said, his brown eyes sparkling.
"My mom is bringing me some stuff from my apartment since I know you aren't going to let me leave." she said smiling as he sat down beside her.
"You got that right." he replied as he fed her a grape.
As Kim's mother looked over the list of items her daughter had asked for, she turned to her grandson and said, "Hey Joey, will you be good while I run out to the car for a moment?"
"Yeah nana, I'll be fine. Just don't take to long." her grandson replied.
"I'll have my keys so if anyone knocks on the door, don't answer it. Ok?" she replied.
"Ok nana, hurry back." Joey told her.
Kim's mother headed out the door and locked it and ran up several flights of stairs to Kim's apartment. She unlocked the door to her daughter's apartment and headed for the closet to get a duffel bag and systematically began to gather the things her daughter requested. She zipped up the bag and headed to the door and relocked it and went to put the bag in the trunk of her car. After picking up some things in the car to take back inside, she dashed back up to her apartment. As she walked back into her apartment, she quickly locked the door behind her and headed in the direction of her grandson.
"Joey honey, I'm back." She called, finding her grandson still playing video games.
"How would you like to go visit your dad?" she asked.
"Really, can we?" her grandson exclaimed.
"Let me call and see if its ok with him." she replied as she headed for the phone to call Jimmy.
As she walked into the next room, she picked up the phone and dialed the number to Jimmy's place, praying that he was home. Several rings later, she heard his voice on the other end of the phone.
"Hello Jimmy, how are you this morning?" Kim's mother said.
"I'm fine and you?" he replied back. Trying to figure out why Kim's mother had called him.
"Pretty good, I was wondering if I could bring Joey by for a little bit. I need to run a few errands and he wants to stay and play video games and come by and visit you." Kim's mother said.
"Sure. I'd be glad to watch him. How long will you be gone?" Jimmy replied.
"No longer than an hour." She replied.
"Sounds good. Oh by the way have you talked to Kim lately? I've been trying to get a hold of her all morning." Jimmy said full of concern.
"No, I haven't. Maybe she went out on a morning run or something." Kim's mother replied.
"You're probably right," he said back.
"I'll be over in a few minutes to drop of Joey." Kim's mother replied.
"Ok, I'll be here." Jimmy said as he hung up the phone.
As Kim's mother headed back into the room where her grandson sat playing video games, she said "Hey Joey, your dad said you could come over for an hour before he has to get ready for work."
"Get your coat on and we'll head over." she said as she made sure everything was turned off.
As she gathered her things, she and Joey headed out to her car, where they headed over to Jimmy's place. Within a matter of minutes, Kim's mother spotted Jimmy waiting outside for them.
"Hey champ, how are ya today?" Jimmy asked his son who was already running full tilt into his fathers waiting arms.
"Really good!" the little boy exclaimed with a huge smile on his face.
"I'll be back in an hour to pick him up so you can get ready for work." Kim's mother said to Jimmy before getting back into her car.
Jimmy and Joey both waved goodbye to her and she waved back as she headed for Bobby's to see her daughter.
As Bobby took the breakfast dishes back to the kitchen, he called the chief to let him know that he and Kim wouldn't be in for work after what had happened the previous night. The chief told Bobby he could take some time off to spend with Kim to help her recuperate. Just then Bobby heard a knock at his door. He finished up talking to the chief and headed over to see who it was. When he saw Kim's mother on the other side of the door, he quickly let her in and relocked the door.
"Where is Kim?" her mother asked quietly, still holding the bag her daughter had asked her to bring.
"She's resting in the bedroom on the right. Could you stay with her for a bit while I go check on getting the lock on the door replaced?" he asked.
"I'd be glad to. Jimmy thinks I'm out running errands for an hour so take your time." she said.
"Ok. I should be back in about ten minutes. Oh, and Bosco and Faith are gonna stop by so if they come by while I'm gone feel free to let them in."
"Not a problem." Kim's mother said as she headed towards the room Kim was resting in.
After locking the door securely behind him, he set out to find someone who could change the lock on the door that afternoon. Kim's mother slipped quietly into the room where her daughter was resting. She could hardly believe she was looking at her daughter all covered in bruises. As she placed the bag at the foot of the bed, she said "Kim, I brought the stuff you asked me to."
"Thank you." Kim replied quietly as she repositioned herself in bed.
"How are you feeling?" her mother asked.
"A bit better, but I've still got pain in my arm and I'm really sore and weak. I just feel so bad for Bobby, because he is blaming himself for what happened to me." Kim replied softly.
"When I called Jimmy to see if he could watch Joey, he told me he had been trying to get a hold of you all morning so you should probably call him whenever you can." she told her daughter.
"I'll call him after you go pick up Joey, because I know his reaction isn't going to be very pleasant." she replied.
"That's a good idea. He doesn't need to see his father on a rampage." she said in agreement with her daughter.
Just then there was a knock at the door of Bobby's apartment.
"I'll be back as soon as I see who that is." her mother replied as she got up to head to the door.
Seeing Faith and Bosco on the other side of the door, she let the two officers in.
"Hi Mrs. Zambrano, how is Kim doing?" Faith asked.
"Come on in and you can talk to her for a bit." she replied to the two officers.
After relocking the door, she led the two officers into Bobby's room where her daughter was.