starting over

chapter 19

Two weeks later

Judes POV

Annie just left me alone to get some sleeping pills and i know the pharmacy is closed so she'll have ti go to the one on the other side if town leaving me just enough time to prepare a romantic dinner for us followed by a movie night which will be ice age 4 even though the first one is her favourite i love that she isn't in to all those movies like the note book she is into horrors, comedies and of course kids like ice age just as I am about to prepare some food the door bell rings Annie probably forgot her car keys or something i quickly hide the food and answer the door to a sixty years old woman she is very fat and has really bad skin and short dyed red hair that's spiked up what the fuck is up with this bitch she is really pissed off.
"where the fuck is jane jude?!" I immediately recognise her voice and try to close the door on her but she bangs it back leaving me stumbling back two men follow close behind.
"I said where the fuck is she!" she roars in my face just ad i get my balance back.
"she's out if you don't get out right now i will phone the cops and then there is no chance you will be able to see her ever again" she walks past me and into my bedroom where we have been sleeping the past two weeks.
"JANE IF YOU DONT COME OUT RIGHT NOW YOUR UNCLEE WILL DO SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE TO JUDE!" she screams from the bedroom, i look at the two men that cam with her they exchange a worried glance but quickly compose themselves they are about thirty years old and very strong looking i hold the stare one is giving me if looks could kill i would be dead already.
"where the fuck is she" I can tell by his voice he is a smoker he sounds menacing and i am not about to rat her out just to save myself from a few hits I'll probably get anyway.
"I'm not telling you but if you get out now you can all leave without a restraining order and a prison sentence for breaking an entry, threatening and everything jane went through back in ireland is that clear?" I ask them with confidence.
"we are not leaving here Without her" he says taking a step towards me i start to get nervous i know I can be hurt right now but it's better than hurting Annie he charges towards and punches me in my jaw he goes to punch me again but I grab his hand and punch him back his brother then grabs my arms behind my back and the one I hit tries to hit me again but I move my head and he punches his brother in the stomach i use the opportunity to grab my phone and keys before erupting out of the apartment i lock the door and run down the stairs while phoning Annie i only notice when i look down at my shirt that my nose is bleeding and it hurts like fuck.
"hello?"
"Annie they are here your mum and two uncles are at our apartment I'm out now don't come home go to Annies I'll sort it"
'wait what there here are you ok?"
"erm.. Yeah I'm fine just go to emilies and I'll sort it ok?"
"what happened i know your not ok"
"I am just go to emilies please"
"ok"
"thanks i love you"
"love you too" with that we hang up i realise it's the first time we've said the l word, I reach the ground floor and phone the cops i see them coming down the stairs and ask Darren the door guy to get security the two uncles come at me but security grabs them first and Annies mum and takes them to a back room to wait for the cops a crowd starts to grow in the lobby and Darren asks me to go back to a different room to get cleaned up.
"fuck" I mutter my lip is busted aswell it probably needs stitches suddenly I hear sallys voice from the other room.
"this is fucking madness i am her mother don't fucking tell me to calm down barry" I wipe the blood from my nose and watch as the police take them away to the cars one approaches me.
"well need a statement but first you'll need to go to the hospital for your nose and lip"
"yeah, ok" I text Annie and tell her to meet me at the hospital she texts back asking what the fuck happened and I tell her I will explain it all there.
When we arrive Annie is already at the door waiting she runs up to me and hugs me tightly seeing my face.
"what happened are you ok?"
"your uncles and mum came to the apartment for you don't worry I didn't tell them anything but they went mad I'm petty sure your mum trashed the bedroom and your uncles did this"
"I'm so sorry you should have told them where i was i would've been ok"
"it's ok it doesn't hurt that bad i prefer this over them finding you i know they would have done worse to you so do you"
"were going to need statements from you both it seems this is more than a robbery that went wrong" the policeman tells us.
"I'm not leaving him" she tells him.
"okay let's get you looked at"
I had to get two stitches in my arm but they cold just fix my nose by moving it apparently it was broke at the station i tell them all about what happened at the apartment but Annie has to go through everything a few tears roll down her cheek while I'm beside her but she carries on while we're leaving i see them all going in the same direction her mum breaks free of the officers grip and goes for Annie she slaps her across the face and i step in between them and push the bitch back she is screaming how Annie should just kill herself and other stuff but she's soon taken away i turn around to see Annie is holding her cheek and crying silently i pull her into a hug and we stand there for a while when she is done we leave and i take her home her face is bruised by the time we are in the car and looks very painful i put on her favourite cd the one I hate and she stares out the window.
"I'm so sorry this all happened to you it's my fault" she says.
"no its not ok? None of it is its all her but she's gone now for good she will get time i promise" she looks at me with sad eyes.
"but she's right i should have just died" my breath hitches in my throat and my eyes sting with tears at the thought of losing Annie.
"Annie please don't do anything like that I love you so much and I couldn't imagine life without you she can't hurt you ever again she's wrong and she doesn't deserve to have this sort of affect on you"
"but i deserve this feeling, this pain"
"your cheek is still sore? We can get ice"
"not my cheek i feel physical pain from what she does this is how I used to feel back in ireland"
"I will do whatever I can no matter what time or where we are to are you happy"
"I moved here to escape here"
"I know but now your finally free"
"I love you Annie"She looks at me with wide eyes and i take in her features her hazel hold so much emotion fear, anger, loss, hurt, depression i will change that.
"I love you too jude"