chapter 13 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...

Catherine climbed out of her hospital bed and grabbed the bag Gil had left for her. She went to the bathroom and changed into her clothes and loaded her gun. She then made her way into the hall, looking around for anyone who could stop her before she head toward the waiting room.

Disguised with her hair pulled up and a baseball cap she made her way through the exit and hailed a cab. She was on her way to Eddie, she was going to end this. She was going to end everything.

Gil sat in his tahoe parked around the corner form their house and loaded his gun and sighed. "This is it Gil." he whispered to himself sliding on his gloves and exiting the tahoe

Catherine pulled up in front of the house. After paying for her ride and climbed out and headed for the front door.

After getting inside she could hear the loud snores of her of Eddie.

She quietly headed toward the bedroom.

Outside began to fall and thunder crashed. Eddie sat up in his bed.

"What the hell?" he yelled out when he saw a large manly figure sitting in the corner watching him.

Gil didn't speak. He stood up and stalked toward the bed. Eddie jumped up and backed away.

"Put the gun down." he pleaded with the intruder fear evident in his tone. " This is crazy, take what you want and get out."

"I want you dead!" Gil replied

Eddie swung his bedroom door open and quickly turned around to see a second gun pointed at him.

"Catherine? What the fuck is going on here? you bitch get that out of my face."

"Don't move Eddie, I swear I will shoot you." she warned

Eddie snickered and then quickly turned to find that the man behind him was Gil

"What the fuck is this? What's going on? you think you can scare me or something?"

Gil peered over Eddie's shoulder " Catherine what the hell are you doing here?"

"Me?" Catherine snapped " What are you doing?"

"I can't let him hurt you anymore!" Gil focusing back to Eddie and keeping his gun pointed. " Catherine get out of here!"

"No, you go, this is my problem, I don't need any help from you, all you do is lie."

Gil sighed "Catherine now! I'm not playing, go!"

Eddie listened in the middle of the two as they argued and thought that he could take a chance and run.

He swung his arm backward Catching Gil off guard, he then went toward Catherine, who began shaking, he raised his fist and punched her " Your so tough are you?" he yelled knocking Catherine into the wall, " You belong to me bitch" he whispered in his ear. "Gil is dead" he snapped reaching for her gun.

Gil grabbed at his head and slowly tried to get up, his vision was blurred and he could make out two figures, on of them was Catherine, one Eddie. He tried to make out who was who, and then he heard Catherine cry out in pain and could hear the two struggling for the gun.

Gil raised his weapon

BANG!...BANG!...

Two gun shots rang out, Eddie fell to the ground. Catherine looked over at Gil, his weapon smoking, Gil looked at Catherine, her gun smoking.

Eddie lay on the hallway floor, a single gun shot wound visible.

Neither knew which one had shot him.