Part3:

Santos Household:

"Where the fuck were you? I told you to stay inside the house all times. You are grounded for 4 months & you're not going to school tomorrow. Go to bed now," Frank yelled at me. I never got a word in. Adam would show up the high school tomorrow & I wouldn't be there. I was deeply screwed. I went to bed & prayed that they would figure out what had happened. I knew that they would miss me school tomorrow & that I would have to explain the next day. My life sucked.

When I woke up the next morning, the house was freezing. I went around and shut all the doors & windows. When I looked into Frank's room, it was trashed & he wasn't home. I looked all around the house, but he wasn't home. I looked across the street & saw the police car.

"Great," I thought. "How am I going to get out of the house with the cops watching me. I was yet again screwed. By the time I was dressed, had something to eat, & cleaned the house, it was already 3:00. Frank would be home in an hour. I popped two TV dinners into the microwave & heated them up. Frank came home around 4:00 & ate both TV dinners. When he was done, he threw them away, & then turned on me.

"Well now Kalee, are you going to tell me where you went last night when I told you to stay in? Or am I going to have to beat it out of ya?" Frank asked me.

I stood there for a couple seconds before I answered him.

"You are not my father so you can't lay a hand on me. Get it through your thick head that I am not your daughter. Therefore you are no longer aloud to do anything to me. If you dare touch me, my brother will kill you & no one will do anything to stop him. Get the fuck out of my fucking life & stay the fuck out. You never should've killed my parents. If I was stronger years ago, I would've killed you then," I yelled him. Neither of had heard the door open, so we were surprised when Kevin grabbed my arm & pulled me away from Frank & outside, while Frank was arrested.

"Maybe you should lower your voice some. We heard you yelling at Frank from a mile away. When you didn't show up at school, Ruthie, Peter, Simon, Martin, Cecilia, & Adam came home & Adam called me & told me you didn't show up. I got Det. Michaels, Roxanne, & a couple other cops & came straight here. That's about the time we heard you yelling/swearing at Frank. What did he say just before you started yelling?" Kevin asked.

"He told me to tell him where I was last night & if I didn't, he was going to beat me to death," I told him.

"Yeah well. I'm supposed to take you to the hospital to make sure you're okay. Everyone's already there to make sure you're not brought in on a stretcher. You're brother was pretty worried when you didn't show up for school. To tell you the truth, everyone was pretty worried. When Adam called, I was worried as well," Kevin said. We headed for his car & I got into the back seat.

"Anything you want to tell me before we get to the hospital?" Kevin asked. He looked into the rearview mirror & saw me wipe something from my mouth. He knew I was in pain, but he didn't know why. He wanted to know so he could tell the doctors & nurses who looked me over.

"Other than the fact that my 4-month old baby is still Glenoak Hospital in PICU, that I need a liver transplant, & that Frank tried to kill me the day Simon was shot, nope nothing? Why?"

"What did you wipe away from your mouth? Couldn't have been spit or you would've used your hand not your sleeve."
"I wiped away blood. Frank beat the hell out of me on Monday & I'm still trying to recuperate from it. I think he punctured one of my lungs when he broke a couple of my ribs. Hurtss like heelll," I started to slur my words. Kevin pulled the car over, 5 miles from the hospital. Roxanne came to where Kevin was kneeling next to me, Kevin told her to call for an ambulance.

"Tell them where we are & tell them she's still recuperating from a beating that happened on Monday. Tell them to get a liver machine down in the E.R. she's going to need it," Kevin finished & Det. Michaels came up next to them & said the ambulance was on the way.

For the next 5 minutes, Kevin, Roxanne, & Det. Michaels tried to keep me warm. When the paramedics arrived, I was put into the ambulance & taken to the hospital. Kevin, Roxanne, & Det. Michaels got to the hospital a couple minutes before the ambulance did. When Lucy asked where I was, Roxanne spoke up.

"She…I mean they should be here in a couple minutes. Kalee passed out in the back of Kevin's car & wouldn't wake up. Kevin said she told him she was recuperating from a beating Frank gave her on Monday. He also said that she said that she needed a liver transplant."

"She also has a 4-month old baby girl up in PICU b/c she was 4-months premature. Kalee told me that Frank tried to kill her the day that Simon was shot. I never got to ask her why. She passed out before I got the chance. Back the house, we could hear her yelling & swearing Frank that they didn't hear us come into the house until I grabbed Kalee by the arm. I took her outside &, while Det. Michaels arrested Frank, she told me why she was yelling," Kevin said.

"And what did she say, lad?" Adam asked.

"Frank wanted to know where Kalee was last night & if she didn't tell him, he was going to eat her to death. That's all she told me. I know nothing more," Kevin finished.