CHAPTER 5
Jack was sitting in the waiting room with tears going down his cheeks when Bobby came in with Jerry and Evelyn.
"Oh, Jackie," Evelyn said as she walked over to Jack and pulled him into a hug. "What happened?"
"He almost killed her. That's what happened, Ma. I knew that he was bad news. I should have tried harder to keep him away from her," Jack said as tears rolled down his cheeks.
"Jackie, there was nothing that you could have done to stop this. He's in jail now and he's going to stay there for a long time," Evelyn said as she looked into Jack's eyes.
"I should have killed him when I had the chance," Bobby said as he looked at Jack and Evelyn.
"Bobby, that's not the right thing to do. He deserves it, but that's not the right thing to do. He will get his punishment," Evelyn said as he looked over at Bobby.
"How many times has this happened before?" Jerry asked as he looked at Jack.
"She said that he would hit her every once in awhile, but I don't think that it ever got this bad," Jack said as he shook his head.
A doctor walked into the waiting room where everyone was at.
"Hi. I'm Dr. Palumbo. Are you all here for Lacy?" Dr. Palumbo asked as he looked at everyone.
"Yes. Is she okay?" Jack asked as he stood up.
"She's in a coma right now. We had to revive her a couple of times because her heart stopped beating. I wanted to sit down with you guys and talk about everything with her. Do you know how long this has been going on for?" Dr. Palumbo asked as he sat down with Jack.
"She came to the school that I go to and I noticed that her father seemed mean when he came to pick her up that day. The next day, she told me that he had hit her because she wasn't supposed to make friends. She also told me that that wasn't the first time that he had hit her. He had done it in the past, but I don't think that he had ever been this aggressive," Jack said as he shook his head and looked at the doctor. "How bad is it?"
"Well, she has a lot of cuts and bruises all over her body. We also noticed that she was bleeding from the vaginal area, so we did a rape test-,"
"No, he didn't," Jack said as he looked at the doctor with an upset look on his face.
"I'm afraid he did. She had some tearing, but that will heal as time passes. She has been through a very traumatic experience, so I'm sure that when she wakes up, she's going to be emotional. Are you her family?" Dr. Palumbo asked as he looked at everyone.
"No. I'm one of her friends and this is my family," Jack said as he looked at everyone.
"Well, do you know if she has any family that we could contact?"
"Her mother passed away when she was little. She doesn't have any family from around here. Her dad traveled a lot, so she didn't stay in the same place," Jack said as he looked down at the floor. "Can I see her?"
"Sure. She's not awake, but I'll let you go into her room," Dr. Palumbo said as he stood up.
Jack stood up and followed the doctor. He walked down the hall and stood in the doorway when he reached my room. He pulled his hands up to his face as he saw how battered my body looked. I was laying there with a tube coming out of my mouth and I was hooked up to different machines. Jack's eyes filled with tears as he came over to my bed and sat down beside me.
"Can she hear me?" Jack whispered as a tear escaped his eye.
"Yeah. I'll be right in the hall if you need me," Dr. Palumbo said before he left my room.
Jack sat there and looked at me. He couldn't believe that my dad was that evil. He carefully picked my hand up and held it in his hand. He looked at me as more tears rolled down his cheeks.
"Lacy, if you can hear me, it's Jack. I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere. Your dad is in jail now. He's a sick bastard and I hope he burns in hell for what he's done to you," Jack said as he looked over my body. "I didn't keep my promise," Jack said as he started to choke on his tears. "I told you that I would keep you safe from him, and I broke my promise. I should have done something sooner. You wouldn't be in this position right now if I would have just tried harder to keep him from you," Jack said as he started to break down.
Evelyn stood in the doorway with the other boys and started to cry. She hated to see me laying there, battered and bruised.
"If you can hear me, Lacy, you need to wake up," Jack said as he continued to hold my hand.
A couple hours had passed and Jack was sitting in the chair, watching over me. Evelyn walked into the room and came over to Jack.
"Jackie, I'm going to take the boys home. Are you going to stay here?" Evelyn whispered as she looked at Jack.
"Yeah. I want to be here when she wakes up. I want to make sure that nothing bad happens to her," Jack said as he looked over at me.
"Okay, well, try to eat something and get some rest, okay sweetie? If you need anything, anything at all, just call the house and one of us will come here okay?" Evelyn asked before she kissed Jack's head.
Jack nodded his head and gave Evelyn a hug. Evelyn left the room and Jack looked over at me.
Later that night, Jack was still sitting in the chair waiting for me to wake up. A nurse came into the room to check my vitals.
"Visiting hours are almost over," the nurse said as she looked over at Jack.
"I want to be here for her when she wakes up," Jack said as he rubbed his eyes.
"If anything changes, we'll be sure to call you. You look like you need to get something to eat and get some rest," the nurse said as she looked over at Jack.
"If she does wake up, please call me right away," Jack said as he looked at the nurse.
"I will," the nurse said before she left the room.
Jack looked over at me and grabbed my hand again.
"Lacy, I'm going to go home now. Please wake up soon, okay? When you wake up, I will be right here," Jack whispered as he stood up and then kissed my forehead. "See you tomorrow," Jack said with a smile before he walked out of my room.
He drove home and walked into the house.
"Did she wake up?" Evelyn asked as she walked into the living room where Jack was.
"Not yet," Jack said as he layed down on the couch. "The nurse said that she would call me if anything changed or if she woke up," Jack said as he rubbed his eyes.
"She'll be okay, Jackie. She's a tough girl," Evelyn said as she looked at Jack.
"How could her dad do that to her?" Jack asked as he looked over at Evelyn.
"I don't know, Jackie. But, he's going to be put away for a long time for doing that to her," Evelyn said as her eyes welded with tears. "You should probably get some rest."
"Yeah, but I don't know how much rest I'm going to be able to get tonight," Jack said as he stood up and made his way towards the steps.
Jack walked up the steps and started to walk down the hallway. He walked to his room and layed down on his bed. Bobby heard Jack come in and walked to his room and stood in the doorway.
"How is she?" Bobby asked as he looked at his brother.
"The same. I can't believe that he did this to her, Bobby," Jack said as he looked over at Bobby.
"I know, Jack, but he's probably getting his right now. I should have killed the motherfucker when I had the chance," Bobby said as he balled his fists up. "You gonna be okay?"
"Yeah. I'm going to get some sleep right now and then I'm going back first thing in the morning."
"Alright, well if you need anything, just holler," Bobby said before he shut Jack's door.
The next morning came and Jack woke up. He didn't get that much sleep because all he could think about was how much pain I was in when the whole incident occurred. He got out of bed and went downstairs.
"Anyone call?" Jack asked as he sat down at the dinner table.
"No. What time are you going in?" Evelyn asked before she took a sip of her coffee.
"Around eight. I'll probably be there all day," Jack said as he took a bite of his toast.
"Hopefully she wakes up today," Evelyn said as she looked over at Jack.
"Yeah, but I don't know what she's going to go through whenever she wakes up. I just hope that she doesn't have as hard of a time as I did whenever I was younger," Jack said as he looked at Evelyn.
"Well, she's got all of us to get her through it," Evelyn said as she took her cup over to the sink.
Jack finished up his breakfast and got ready to go to the hospital. He borrowed Bobby's car and drove himself to the hospital. He walked in and came right up to the room that I was in the night before. He came in my room and I was still in the same position as the night before. The same nurse was there checking my stats before she had to go home.
"Hi. Anything change?" Jack asked as he came into the room.
"No. She's been the same throughout the night. Tough girl, but she's been the same," the nurse said as she wrote down some numbers. "I'm out of here for the day. You need anything?"
"No. I'm good," Jack said as he sat down in the seat beside the bed.
"Okay, well there should be another nurse coming in soon, so I will see you later," the nurse said before she walked out of the room.
Jack carefully took my hand and looked over at me.
"Well, you made it through the night. Hopefully, you wake up sometime today and I'll be here for you. I had a tough night last night. Couldn't sleep. All I could think about was what your dad did to you," Jack said as he shook his head. "Just please wake up soon."
A couple of days had passed and Jack stayed by my side the whole time.
I looked around and it was white everywhere.
"Hello?" I said as I walked around. "Is anyone here?"
I saw a woman walking in front of me.
"Excuse me," I said as I tried to catch up with her.
The woman turned around and I noticed that it was my mom. I gasped.
"Mom?" I asked as I looked at her.
"Yes, dear. It's me," my mom said as she smiled.
"Where are we?" I asked as I looked around.
"You're in heaven, sweetie," my mom said as she looked at me.
"W-what? I'm dead?" I said as I looked around.
"Honey, you can't stay here. You don't belong here. Not yet. It's too early," my mom said as she placed her hands on my shoulders.
"Mom, what happened with you? Dad said that you slit your wrists," I said as tears went down my face.
"No honey. Your father did this to me. You need to go back now. You need to go back to your life," my mom said as she started to fade away.
"Wait! Mom! Don't go!" I yelled as everything started to get brighter.
Jack was sitting there holding my hand when he felt when fingers fidget. Jack looked over at me.
"Lacy?" Jack asked as he stood up.
My finger moved more and Jack looked over at Bobby.
"She's waking up. Go get a doctor!" Jack yelled as he looked over at Bobby.
Bobby got up and ran out of the room. I moaned a little as I started to wake up more. A doctor came in and over to my bed. My eyes fluttered open.
"Jackie, I'm going to call Ma," Bobby said before he left the room.
"Lacy. I'm Dr. Palumbo. I need you to move your fingers for me," the doctor said as he looked at me.
I lifted my hands up and moved my fingers.
"Good. Now I need you to move your feet for me," the doctor said as he pulled the blanket up.
I moved my feet.
"Good. Now, I'm going to shine this light in your eyes for a minute," Dr. Palumbo said as he took out his little flashlight and shined it in my eyes.
"How is she?" Jack asked as he looked at me.
"She's going to be alright. Now, Lacy, I'm going to take your breathing tube out, okay? What I want you to do is when I go to slide the tube out, I want you to cough," Dr. Palumbo said as he lifted the tape off of the sides. "Okay, now cough."
I coughed as he slid the tube out of my throat. My throat hurt and I had pain everywhere in my body. I winced and coughed a little.
"I'm going to get her a shot for the pain," Dr. Palumbo said as he walked out of the room.
I looked over at Jack and he came over to me. He carefully picked my hand up and sat down beside me. I couldn't really recall what happened at that moment, but I would find out soon enough what had exactly happened at my house.
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