Life

Is this it?

He walked towards me, slowly and with purpose. I looked between him and my mother and I couldn't believe they were working together. She had given birth to me and now she was handing me over to the one person in the world who could truly hurt me.

"What do you want?"
"Simple, I want you and my children back"
"That's never going to happen, you must know that, I would never come back to you"

He sighed, "oh Jenny bear, come on, you know you still love me, I know how to treat you just right"
I didn't mean to but I laughed "you have to be joking right, treat me right? You beat me to death and nearly killed my children in the process, how is that treating me right?"
"Oh baby, it was your fault don't you see, you get me so angry and then I can't help it"
"My fault!!! Are you fucking joking me? You know years ago I really thought it was my fault but I'm not that silly stupid girl who believes your lies anymore, I know what you are and who you are and I'm not afraid of you anymore"
He lunged at me and grabbed around the throat, he squeezed so tight, I could barely breathe. He pushed me with so much force against the wall, I yelped out in pain, I could see his face enjoyed seeing me like this, as much as I wanted to I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry or beg. My mother was stood behind him, just smiling at me. I managed to get enough strength to knee him In between his legs and he dropped me, I gasped for breathe. Just as I tried to run, I felt him grab my foot and i hit the floor with so much force, I'm pretty sure I heard a rib crack. Next thing I know he was on top of me, he straddled my hips so I couldn't move and held down my hands above my head.
He kissed my neck and then my lips, I didnt kiss him back. I just lay there. Hoping whatever he was going to do would be over quickly. He started to run his hand up and down my body and I tried so hard to get out of his grasp but he was too strong.
He grabbed my face between his hands and forced his lips on mine. I bit his lip so hard he yelped out in pain. He was bleeding, he wiped it away and said to me "baby girl got fiesty, I like it"
I couldn't have easily thrown up there and then. He picked me up and threw me against the wall, he came over and punched me, I lost count how many times and then he kicked me in my stomach. I was lay on the floor blood coming out of my mouth and nose. I heard him say to my mum, "I've missed doing this"
My mum replied "she was always an easy punching bag"
They left me there to die but before I blacked out I heard him say, now time to go get my kids.

Chris POV

I rushed to town and I couldn't see Jen anywhere, she wasn't were I told her to meet me. I looked around and saw a police car skidding to a stop. I ran over and ask them if they here for Jennifer Jones, they told me they were and they were tracking her phone.
It lead us to an alley, which I instantly knew was not a good thing.
As I turned the corner, there she was laying on the floor, blood all over her and she was black and blue. I rushed to her and carefully picked her up. She tried to open her eyes but they were too swollen, I cried, the women I loved in my arms, I should have kept her safe.
The ambulance arrived and rushed her to hospital, I never left her side. I had called my sister to pick up the boys when she got Ethan. She of course said yes.

I sat by Jens bed, holding her hands, the doctor said she was lucky we found her when we did. Any longer and she wouldn't have made it.
He rib had cracked off and punctured her lung.

As I sat there I felt her squeeze my hand.
"Jen, baby?"
"Chris?"
The tears rolled freely down my cheeks again, I sat gently on the edge of the bed and kissed her forehead. She opened her eyes as best as she could, I could see she was so scared. She shot up suddenly, causing her self pain and frantically started looking round the room.
"Chris, where are the boys? Where are they Chris?"
"Carly is picking them up with Ethan, they are okay"
"NO! Chris I heard him, he said he was going to get them! Chris please!"
"Okay, I'll ring Carly now!"

I pulled out my phone and rang my sister, she said she had the kids and was bringing them to hospital now.
I told Jen this and she still wouldn't calm down until the boys were in the room with her.
When the walked in, I had to stop her from running to them, I gently placed them on either side of her and watched as she cried while holding them to tight. The police came, took her statement and promised to find him and her mother.
I sat there while Jen and her sons slept and I couldn't imagine ever being without them. They were my world and they were sat in a hospital bed right now! I was so angry. How could I not have protected her from this?
As I was drifting off, my mum came running in the door, I looked up and she had been crying.
"Mum, what's wrong?"
"Carly, she was involved in a hit and run, she is in surgery"
"What? What happened?"
"She was on the way home from the hospital and someone just hit her"
"Ethan?"
"He wasn't in the car, Carly dropped him off at mine first before coming here"
"Chris, she is badly injured"
"She is going to be okay mum" I held my mum while she cried and I cried too. How could this be happening.
I looked over and Jen was awake. She had heard everything. She looked at my mum and started crying.
My mum walked over to her and held her hand
"I'm so sorry Lisa, this is my fault, if she hadn't of picked my boys up she would be okay. I'm so sorry" she was sobbing her heart out, the boys looked so scared. I took them from the bed and sat them down with ear plugs and my phone to watch a movie, To calm them down.
I walked to Jen, "this isn't your fault"
"Yes it is, I should never have included you or your family in any of this and now your sister is in surgery because of me"
"Jen, honey......" my mum started to talk but Jen cut her off
"Please, don't try to make me feel better, this is all my fault. I'm so sorry, please go to Carly. And you Chris just go please"
"No I'm not leaving you"
"GO!"
I jumped back at how she shouted and so did my mum, we kept trying to reassure her this wasn't her fault but she wasn't having any of it. So reluctantly I let my mum pull me away from her.

The women I was in love with, was in so much pain and I didn't know how to help her.
And now my sister was in surgery and I didn't know if she going to make it.

What had happened in the last 24 hours?