Don't Let Go
Caught in a Hurri-Kane
“We, we need to talk about my baby…I want you and her, or her and you, to be my girls.”
“What?”
“Don’t be stupid, I want my baby to be MY baby.” He said in a stern voice, “Now where is she?”
“Jake, she’s not here, she’s with her aunt.” I crossed my arms, “Guess what Jake, there is a chance that she’s not yours. Now just get out and leave me alone!” I shouted at him.
“NO! I’m not leaving, I’m going to stay with… with you and wait for my daughter to come home.”
“Jake if you don’t leave I’m calling the police!” I ran to the kitchen and grabbed the phone and pre-dialed 9-1-1, “Now all you have to do is open the door and leave.” He shook his head and stumbled into the living room and sat down.
I ran upstairs into my room and closed and locked the door and called Patrick.
“Hello?”
“Pat Oh my gosh you answered! Thank God!”
“Bridget? What’s wrong?”
“Jake showed up, and he’s drunk, and he wants Kate, and won’t leave until he see’s Kate!”
“Holy Shit,” I heard him say under his breath, “Dad we have to go back to the house!” he shouted away from the phone.
***PAT’S POV***
We grabbed all of our clubs and bags and sped away in our golf cart. “So what’s the problem anyway?” my dad said swerving on the rocky and pebbly road. “Well, nothing’s wrong yet,” I tried to stay calm, “Jake showed up at the house, drunk, and he wants Kate.” He rolled his eyes disgusted with his nephew.
We finally got to the car after dropping off all the rented equipment practically out of breath. I grabbed my phone and immediately called her again.
She picked up, but I could barely hear her do to a banging noise, “Bridget what’s going on?” *bang* “What? I can’t hear you, I’m in my old room I locked myself in and he’s banging on the door, Pat I’m so scared.” That answered my question, “Bridge you have to hang on, were on our way, about 10 minutes away from the house, do you think you can hang on till then?”
I tried to stay as calm as I could occasionally getting looks from my Dad asking for an update. “Yeah, I think I can.” She said starting to sob, “BBRRIIDDGGEETT!!” I heard Jake scream through the door, “Come on babe! All I want is a kiss!!”
“Patrick! Please hurry, he’s gonna break down the door soon, I can feel it!” I closed my eyes and took deep breath trying to think of what I could say to keep her calm. “Bridget, you have to stay strong for me,” I managed to say, “I’ll be home soon Bridge.”
“Fine, just hurry, please!”
Before I hung up I heard Jake again, “Bridget who are you talking to in there? Just open the door please baby, I don’t want ta have to break the door down.”
I clenched my fists, “Dad, come on can you drive any fucking slower?!” I screamed at my father, “I mean seriously my wife needs me!”
“Son, calm down I’m trying to drive as fast as I can now please, keep your voice down!”
10 minutes later we were finally home I opened the front door to a scream, “Shit! Bridget! Bridget babe I’m coming!” I darted up the stairs with my dad close behind me I went down the long hallway and found the door completely broken off the hinges and Bridget on the bed tackled. Jake used his hands to pin her down. Her blouse was ripped off and thrown on the ground.
I ran over to the bed with my dad and tore him off of her, able to smell the large amount of alcohol that he had before he came over. “What’s the matter Pat, can’t take some competition?” He had a smirk on his face. My dad held his right arm and I had his left arm. I looked over to Bridget and he was curled up in a ball crying on her bed. I looked back at Jake and smacked that smirk right of his face. I knocked him out with one swift punch to the jaw. He fell to the ground.
“Dad, call the police, and the girls we need them home.”
I rushed over to Bridget and wrapped a blanket around her shoulders and she clung to it tightly. “Shhhh,” I cooed to her, “Everything’s going to be okay, my dad is calling the police and he’s never going to hurt you ever again.”
She cried into my shirt and I picked her up and brought her into my room and sat her on the bed and rocked her there until the police showed up. “Pat they’re here!” My dad called from downstairs. “Okay Dad.” I called back. I sat Bridget up and held her by her shoulders, “Okay, now I know this is going to hurt but you’re going to have to tell the nice policeman everything.”
She nodded her head, “But you have to be there with me when I’m telling him, ok?” I nodded, “Of course.” She leaned in close to me and I kissed her on her forehead.
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****BRIDGET’S POV****
Pat stood up and held my hand as the policeman, Officer Vincent Delgado, walked in with a notebook and smiled at both of us. He was tall (or at least taller than both Pat and I), a nice even tan from being outside so much I guess, brown eyes, and jet black hair that was gelled and spiked slightly.
“Good afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Kane,” He went over politely and shook Patrick’s hand. “Now Mrs. Kane I’m going to have to ask you exactly what happened between you and,” he flipped open his notebook, “and Mr. Jacob Kane.”
I took a deep breath, “First about a quarter to 3 I was sleeping and he knocked on the front door. I immediately came downstairs and opened it to him standing there drunk. He basically pushed me back until he was completely inside the house. I politely asked him to leave, but he refused and sat down on the couch in the living room. Unsure of what to do next I grabbed the phone and ran upstairs into my bedroom closed and locked the door and called Pat.”
I took another deep breath and looked down at my bare feet for a little bit, and Pat squeezed my hand and smiled at me and nodded his head to continue. “I told him that Jake was here and that he wanted Kate, my daughter, and me. He told me that he was already on his way. I hung up the phone and Jake started banging on my door. He kept telling me to open the door or else he would break the door down. Pat called me back later and talked to me basically until he was 5 minutes away. Then Jake started breaking the door down. I moved out of the way so the door wouldn’t hit me.”
Tears started to sting the side of my face and I started to sob, “Then he came closer and closer to me until he jumped on top of me ripping my blouse off and threw it on the floor. He pinned my arms to the bed and started kissing me, thank God that Pat and his dad showed up or he would have….” I got chills down my back just thinking about what could’ve happened.
Officer Delgado finished writing the rest of my story down and turned to Patrick. “So you came in and ripped him off of her and punched him unconscious?” He nodded, “But it was practically in self defense, I don’t know how long I could’ve held him—,”
The officer cut him off, “Patrick, calm down I understand that, you’re not being charged.” He laughed a little bit, “Oh, phew! Thank you officer.”
He smiled and nodded his head and went into the other room and woke Jake up. “Sir, you have the right to remain silent, everything you say, can and will be used against you.” I heard from the other room, “w-w-w-what’s going on?” I heard Jake say. “Mr. Kane you are being arrested for attempted rape on a Mrs. Bridget Kane.”
“What? Come on I did no such thing!” The sound of hand cuffs filled the hallway, “Sure, that’s what they all say.” They passed by our room, “Mr. and Mrs. Kane, we will contact you for any further information.” Officer Delgado said before taking Jake away who was giving us the evil eye the entire way down.
I gave Pat a hug and went back into my room and changed into a different pair of sweats and Pat threw his hawks shirt that was on his bed at me. “Thanks,” I smiled, “Any time.” He winked.
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“Now where’s my baby!?” I screamed running down the stairs. “She’s right Here Bridge.” Erica said calmly bringing her to me. “I’m so sorry for what happened, I shouldn’t have left you here alone like that, and I should’ve known that Jake would come here.”
“Erica calm down, it’s okay, well it’s not, but I don’t blame you for it.” I laughed. “But we need to get ready for the game tonight.” I started heading up stairs to get ready, “Bridget, we don’t need to go if you’re not up for it.” Pat said a little disappointed. I knew he wanted me to come but he cared for me enough to let me stay home if I wanted.
“Pat, forget it, I told you when you first asked me to the game that I wouldn’t miss a single game, and I’m fine.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, I’m sure, now I’m gonna go get ready now okay?”
“Yeah, I got it, now go get ready.” He smirked.
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The game ended well for us, the Hawks won 6-4, except Pat didn’t have a big impression on it. I knew he wasn’t that in to the game because of what happened. We had dinner when we got home freshly prepared by Donna herself.
We left the next day, we said goodbye to everyone and Donna started to cry. Pat comforted her and we went and found everyone at the airport. Jon gave me a hug, “I’m so sorry,” I rolled my eyes, “Pat?” He nodded his head. “Patrick Timothy Kane! You have such a big mouth! Can you keep a secret for more than a day?” He shrugged his shoulders, “Yeah apparently not.” I said with a giggle.
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We were on the plane and I was going to fall asleep just as Kate did awhile ago. I fell asleep on his shoulder just barely, and he wrapped his arm around me and I started to stir, “Did I wake you?” Pat whispered to me, “No, just don’t let go.”
“What?”
“Don’t be stupid, I want my baby to be MY baby.” He said in a stern voice, “Now where is she?”
“Jake, she’s not here, she’s with her aunt.” I crossed my arms, “Guess what Jake, there is a chance that she’s not yours. Now just get out and leave me alone!” I shouted at him.
“NO! I’m not leaving, I’m going to stay with… with you and wait for my daughter to come home.”
“Jake if you don’t leave I’m calling the police!” I ran to the kitchen and grabbed the phone and pre-dialed 9-1-1, “Now all you have to do is open the door and leave.” He shook his head and stumbled into the living room and sat down.
I ran upstairs into my room and closed and locked the door and called Patrick.
“Hello?”
“Pat Oh my gosh you answered! Thank God!”
“Bridget? What’s wrong?”
“Jake showed up, and he’s drunk, and he wants Kate, and won’t leave until he see’s Kate!”
“Holy Shit,” I heard him say under his breath, “Dad we have to go back to the house!” he shouted away from the phone.
***PAT’S POV***
We grabbed all of our clubs and bags and sped away in our golf cart. “So what’s the problem anyway?” my dad said swerving on the rocky and pebbly road. “Well, nothing’s wrong yet,” I tried to stay calm, “Jake showed up at the house, drunk, and he wants Kate.” He rolled his eyes disgusted with his nephew.
We finally got to the car after dropping off all the rented equipment practically out of breath. I grabbed my phone and immediately called her again.
She picked up, but I could barely hear her do to a banging noise, “Bridget what’s going on?” *bang* “What? I can’t hear you, I’m in my old room I locked myself in and he’s banging on the door, Pat I’m so scared.” That answered my question, “Bridge you have to hang on, were on our way, about 10 minutes away from the house, do you think you can hang on till then?”
I tried to stay as calm as I could occasionally getting looks from my Dad asking for an update. “Yeah, I think I can.” She said starting to sob, “BBRRIIDDGGEETT!!” I heard Jake scream through the door, “Come on babe! All I want is a kiss!!”
“Patrick! Please hurry, he’s gonna break down the door soon, I can feel it!” I closed my eyes and took deep breath trying to think of what I could say to keep her calm. “Bridget, you have to stay strong for me,” I managed to say, “I’ll be home soon Bridge.”
“Fine, just hurry, please!”
Before I hung up I heard Jake again, “Bridget who are you talking to in there? Just open the door please baby, I don’t want ta have to break the door down.”
I clenched my fists, “Dad, come on can you drive any fucking slower?!” I screamed at my father, “I mean seriously my wife needs me!”
“Son, calm down I’m trying to drive as fast as I can now please, keep your voice down!”
10 minutes later we were finally home I opened the front door to a scream, “Shit! Bridget! Bridget babe I’m coming!” I darted up the stairs with my dad close behind me I went down the long hallway and found the door completely broken off the hinges and Bridget on the bed tackled. Jake used his hands to pin her down. Her blouse was ripped off and thrown on the ground.
I ran over to the bed with my dad and tore him off of her, able to smell the large amount of alcohol that he had before he came over. “What’s the matter Pat, can’t take some competition?” He had a smirk on his face. My dad held his right arm and I had his left arm. I looked over to Bridget and he was curled up in a ball crying on her bed. I looked back at Jake and smacked that smirk right of his face. I knocked him out with one swift punch to the jaw. He fell to the ground.
“Dad, call the police, and the girls we need them home.”
I rushed over to Bridget and wrapped a blanket around her shoulders and she clung to it tightly. “Shhhh,” I cooed to her, “Everything’s going to be okay, my dad is calling the police and he’s never going to hurt you ever again.”
She cried into my shirt and I picked her up and brought her into my room and sat her on the bed and rocked her there until the police showed up. “Pat they’re here!” My dad called from downstairs. “Okay Dad.” I called back. I sat Bridget up and held her by her shoulders, “Okay, now I know this is going to hurt but you’re going to have to tell the nice policeman everything.”
She nodded her head, “But you have to be there with me when I’m telling him, ok?” I nodded, “Of course.” She leaned in close to me and I kissed her on her forehead.
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****BRIDGET’S POV****
Pat stood up and held my hand as the policeman, Officer Vincent Delgado, walked in with a notebook and smiled at both of us. He was tall (or at least taller than both Pat and I), a nice even tan from being outside so much I guess, brown eyes, and jet black hair that was gelled and spiked slightly.
“Good afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Kane,” He went over politely and shook Patrick’s hand. “Now Mrs. Kane I’m going to have to ask you exactly what happened between you and,” he flipped open his notebook, “and Mr. Jacob Kane.”
I took a deep breath, “First about a quarter to 3 I was sleeping and he knocked on the front door. I immediately came downstairs and opened it to him standing there drunk. He basically pushed me back until he was completely inside the house. I politely asked him to leave, but he refused and sat down on the couch in the living room. Unsure of what to do next I grabbed the phone and ran upstairs into my bedroom closed and locked the door and called Pat.”
I took another deep breath and looked down at my bare feet for a little bit, and Pat squeezed my hand and smiled at me and nodded his head to continue. “I told him that Jake was here and that he wanted Kate, my daughter, and me. He told me that he was already on his way. I hung up the phone and Jake started banging on my door. He kept telling me to open the door or else he would break the door down. Pat called me back later and talked to me basically until he was 5 minutes away. Then Jake started breaking the door down. I moved out of the way so the door wouldn’t hit me.”
Tears started to sting the side of my face and I started to sob, “Then he came closer and closer to me until he jumped on top of me ripping my blouse off and threw it on the floor. He pinned my arms to the bed and started kissing me, thank God that Pat and his dad showed up or he would have….” I got chills down my back just thinking about what could’ve happened.
Officer Delgado finished writing the rest of my story down and turned to Patrick. “So you came in and ripped him off of her and punched him unconscious?” He nodded, “But it was practically in self defense, I don’t know how long I could’ve held him—,”
The officer cut him off, “Patrick, calm down I understand that, you’re not being charged.” He laughed a little bit, “Oh, phew! Thank you officer.”
He smiled and nodded his head and went into the other room and woke Jake up. “Sir, you have the right to remain silent, everything you say, can and will be used against you.” I heard from the other room, “w-w-w-what’s going on?” I heard Jake say. “Mr. Kane you are being arrested for attempted rape on a Mrs. Bridget Kane.”
“What? Come on I did no such thing!” The sound of hand cuffs filled the hallway, “Sure, that’s what they all say.” They passed by our room, “Mr. and Mrs. Kane, we will contact you for any further information.” Officer Delgado said before taking Jake away who was giving us the evil eye the entire way down.
I gave Pat a hug and went back into my room and changed into a different pair of sweats and Pat threw his hawks shirt that was on his bed at me. “Thanks,” I smiled, “Any time.” He winked.
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“Now where’s my baby!?” I screamed running down the stairs. “She’s right Here Bridge.” Erica said calmly bringing her to me. “I’m so sorry for what happened, I shouldn’t have left you here alone like that, and I should’ve known that Jake would come here.”
“Erica calm down, it’s okay, well it’s not, but I don’t blame you for it.” I laughed. “But we need to get ready for the game tonight.” I started heading up stairs to get ready, “Bridget, we don’t need to go if you’re not up for it.” Pat said a little disappointed. I knew he wanted me to come but he cared for me enough to let me stay home if I wanted.
“Pat, forget it, I told you when you first asked me to the game that I wouldn’t miss a single game, and I’m fine.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, I’m sure, now I’m gonna go get ready now okay?”
“Yeah, I got it, now go get ready.” He smirked.
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The game ended well for us, the Hawks won 6-4, except Pat didn’t have a big impression on it. I knew he wasn’t that in to the game because of what happened. We had dinner when we got home freshly prepared by Donna herself.
We left the next day, we said goodbye to everyone and Donna started to cry. Pat comforted her and we went and found everyone at the airport. Jon gave me a hug, “I’m so sorry,” I rolled my eyes, “Pat?” He nodded his head. “Patrick Timothy Kane! You have such a big mouth! Can you keep a secret for more than a day?” He shrugged his shoulders, “Yeah apparently not.” I said with a giggle.
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We were on the plane and I was going to fall asleep just as Kate did awhile ago. I fell asleep on his shoulder just barely, and he wrapped his arm around me and I started to stir, “Did I wake you?” Pat whispered to me, “No, just don’t let go.”
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7/16/14