"How dare you ask that to your father," the man said to Elie.
"Get out," she said, "Get the hell out!"
Bradin stood in the doorway near the kitchen and saw Elie's hands starting to shake. He then saw her make her one hand into a fist, signaling that she was trying to calm down. "Sir," Bradin began, "I think you should leave."
"Shut up, boy!" the man yelled, "I came here to talk to my daughter!"
Bradin looked over at Elie who was looking at him. "I thought he was gone."
She shrugged and looked back at her father. "I thought you were done with me after you attacked me," she said to her father.
He laughed. "You are a worthless piece of shit. You don't even remember what I told you as I beat you."
Bradin ran up to her father and punched him. "Bradin!" Elie yelled pulling him away from her father. Elie saw her father start running towards Bradin and stood in front of him receiving a fist in her stomach. She fell to her knees with her arms in front of her stomach.
"Elie," Bradin said kneeling beside her, "Elie, baby."
"Get up!" her father shouted, "Fight me you weakling!"
Bradin stood up and went after her father again. Her father took Bradin and threw him out the door slamming the door behind him."Elie!" Bradin yelled. He tried get up. All he felt was pain. He took his cell phone and called for help.
Bradin felt helpless laying there not being able to move without pain shooting through his body as his fiancée was getting beat. Just as he moved to get up, police came up to him. He pointed to his apartment door and the police man broke it down. All that Bradin could see was Elie lying on the floor not moving. Bradin crawled over to her slowly and found a needle at her side.
"No!" he shouted, "No! Baby, no." He started shaking he was so terrified of losing her to the grave. He didn't know what he was going to do if she left. "Elie, baby, wake up," he said, "Baby please. Elie."
Paramedics came in and took the two to the hospital. Bradin was checked out by a doctor and was reported fine. All he needed was tylenol or any other kind of pain reliever and rest. Bradin waited in his room for his love's condition.
"Bradin," he heard. He looks up and sees his aunt running up to the bed and hugging him. "What happened?"
"Her father came over and tried to attack her. He stuck a needle in her arm and I can't live if she goes," he cried.
"Calm down," she said soothingly, "Calm down. Don't say that. What would Elie want you to do? Die or live?"
He sat back on his bed and sobbed his eyes out. A knock sounded and he looked up. "You're Elie Connolly's fiancé?" the doctor asked. Bradin nodded. "She's in critical condition. Her father injected a deadly drug into her. We don't know if she's strong enough to fight this off and stay."
Bradin cried harder. "I...need...t-t-to see h-h-h-h-her," he sobbed.
The doctor nodded and helped Bradin to Elie's room. There, Bradin sat on the bed and placed his head on her chest as he bawled his eyes out.
"Don't leave me, baby. I beg of you. I need you so much. You need to stay. I can't live without you, baby. Please don't leave me."
For days, Bradin remained at the hospital. He wasn't going to leave her side at all.
She looked at the two people behind her hoping they knew what she was asking of them. She turned back and saw her fiancé trying to hold back his tears. She didn't want him being like this for the rest of his life. She felt a hand go onto her shoulder. Then, she opens her eyes and moves her one hand.
"Baby?" she heard. She looked to her side, saw Bradin, and smiled. He wrapped his arms around her and held her never wanting to let her go. "I love you so much," he whispered before kissing the side of her head.
She looked at the end of the bed, saw her parents, and they disappeared with smiles on their faces. She moved her head and kissed Bradin as she wrapped her arms around him as well.