Till Death Do Us Part

Chapter 25

Kelsey
I woke up the next morning remembering the fight I had with Jaime. After I had left his place I went straight home and cried myself to sleep. although not after calling Storm and telling her what happened.

Suddenly I got another call from Mike. He was mumbling something about blood. I sighed and started driving to his place. Once I got inside, I realised the place looked worse than usual. All of the curtains and doors were shut and there was glass everywhere.

I walked into the bathroom and saw him sitting on the floor with his face swollen and bleeding.
"Mike what are you doing? I told you to let your ribs heal and stop fighting" I sighed, grabbing the first aid kit and crouching down in front of him.

"I'm sorry I just..." He said trailing off. I followed his gaze to the empty bottle of vodka. I started dabbing his lip with disinfectant.
"I know I'm in no position to judge, but you look terrible" he said after a while, looking me up and down.

"Yeah well, I guess that's what arguing does to you" I said laughing quietly. I put some more disinfectant on the gash on his forehead and he flinched.
"Sorry" I whispered and started bandaging his knuckles which were grazed.

"Whatever he said, he didn't mean it" he said. I just shook my head and blinked away the tears that were forming again.
"Kelsey" he said looking me in the eyes.
"Don't end up like me" he said. I sighed.

"Look just please stop doing this to yourself. I'm the only one you've got right now and I don't know how much more I can take" I said helping him up off the floor.
"Thankyou for not giving up on me Kels" he said hugging me.

"Don't mention it Mikey" I said hugging him back. This was probably the most aware of me he's been in a while so I took it as a good sign. I left the house and went home to get changed.

I looked at my phone and saw 15 missed calls from Jaime. I deleted all the messages and got ready for work. I figured it would help me distract myself.

I was 20 minutes into my shift when Tony walked through the doors.
"What do you want Tone?" I asked him tiredly.
"Please talk to him" he asked pleadingly.
"I can't. What he said was totally out of line" I replied.

As if right on queue, Jaime walked in. He looked shattered.
"I told you to stay in the car" Tony whispered to him.
"Kelsey listen to me" he begged, completely ignoring Tony.

"I am working Jaime" I said bitterly.
"Your next break is in a couple of hours right?" He asked. Damn that boy and him knowing my schedule. I nodded and rolled my eyes.
"Well I'll wait till then" he said before dragging Tony outside and sitting at one of the tables.