chapter 5 EDDIE
summary: Catherine leaves Eddie, but he won't let her go. As the cycle of abuse continues, Lindsey's safety is threatened and Catherine is faced with a tough decision, when her best friend threatens to take her daughter away...
Rating: Strong R for descriptive violence/abuse, language,
Gil watched the love of his life asleep in his arms.
"Cath" he brushed the hair from her faced and gently stroked her cheek " Sweetie"
Catherine began to stir and opened her eyes
"Morning." he whispered softly in her ear.
Catherine quickly sat up. " Oh no" she looked over at his clock " No..Eddie's going to freak out." she jumped out of his bad in search for her clothes
"Catherine " Gil tried to stop her " Calm down, just slow down."
Catherine pulled out of his grasp " No! Shut up Gil." she paused looking for her bra " I can't , I shouldn't have done this..what have I done."
"Catherine you have to stop, we talked about this, you weren't going to run back to him, you can't "
"Stop it" she yelled " STOP! This was such a mistake and I'm sorry I lead you to think that it was something more" she paused while she slipped a leg in her jeans " What am I going to tell Eddie, he's going to want to know where I was, all night. Oh god, he's going to kill me, he's going to kill me."
"Then why the hell are you going back" Gil snapped as he chased Catherine through his townhouse.
" Because Lindsey is there with him, I have to go home and be with her, I should have never left her alone with him. I have to go, Gil... just stay away for awhile..okay, I'm sorry but I have to try and make this work."
"Well then what was this..just proving Eddie that you could cheat on him, giving him another excuse to beat you"
"I ...this..this was one of the most amazing times in my life and ...but ..but I'm still married Gil." She turned a walked out of his life.
Eddie got Lindsey off to school and sat back down in the chair his fist clenched as he glared at the front door waiting for it to open.
Catherine stood out side the door her hand extended to turn the door knob and enter, she took a deep breath, figured out her cover story and walked inside.
"WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN" Eddie jumped out of his seat and rushed to her as she closed the door.
"I was at work Eddie, I need to work, I can' just quit there are rules and procedures."
Eddie didn't wait for her to finish as he punched her in the mouth.
Catherine fell backward as the taste of blood filled her mouth and a tooth fell into her hand.
Catherine backed away from a steaming Eddie.
"Eddie please.! Eddie No" she screamed as he came back at her and hit her again.
Catherine fell to the floor and he kicked her in the side " You want to lie to me some more" he screamed.
Eddie pulled her up by her hair and dragged her toward the kitchen. Pulling a knife from the drawer and grabbed her hand and slammed it down on the counter
Catherine saw the knife and her eyes were wide with fear " Eddie, don't " she pleaded " Please no." she sobbed as tears streamed down her face.
Eddie raised the knife over her hand " Tell me where you were. I called the lab they said they never saw you and they never saw Gil."
Eddie brought the knife down and instead of using the blade and smashed it across her knuckles.
Catherine winced in pain as he continued this until her hand was beat red.
"You want to tell me the truth now" Eddie spat throwing the knife in the sink and pulling her around to face him.
Catherine kept up with her story " I told you I was at the lab." she sobbed as her hand throbbed.
" You make me sick" Eddie spit in her face and threw her backward.
Catherine slammed into the cupboard and Eddie kicked her one last time before leaving the kitchen.
Catherine pulled herself up and rested her back against the cupboard and tried to catch her breath. She observed her hand and could clearly see that something was broken, and her head was spinning. Catherine tried to stand and fight off the pain but it was to much for her and she fell back down. It was only a minute or so later when she blacked out.