She Will Be Loved

She Will Be Loved (Chapter 9)

Adams POV

Pulling up the gate I type in the code for them to open, watching the rain beat down on the windsheild waiting on the code to be accepted. I type it in again but nothing happens. Power must be out. I get out and open the gates manually, jumping back into the car to pull it through then jumping back out to shut the gates behind me. By now I am completely soaked and shivering. Pressing the button to open my garage door it doesn't budge. Oh yea, powers out, duh Adam. I guess I will just park outside the garage until the power comes back on. Grabbing the bag of things I bought for Hannah I run up to the front door, fishing the keys from my pocket and finally opening it. "Hannah?" I set the bag down and begin to jog upstairs. She told me the other day she was scared of thunderstorms.  I knock on her door lightly in case she was asleep. "Hannah are you up?" I open the door just a crack to see she isn't in her bed. Walking into my room I see she's not there either. "Hannah are you home?" Where could she have gone? I stop dead in my tracks when I see the door to the garage was open. Was that open when I walked in? I can't remember. "Hannah you in here?" I make my way over to the other side, maybe I can open the garage door manualy like I did the gates. Steping towards the pull rope my foot encounters something wet and sticky. "What the hell?" I pull my phone out of my pocket and shine it onto my foot, it's red. "What the...." I continue to shine the light onto the ground, seeing a trail of blood making it's way from in front of me all the way to the back utility closet. "Hannah!!" My voice is in more of a panic now. "Hannah where are you??" Running into the utility closet I slip when my foot slides in the blood. That's when I see her, laying on the cold hard floor. Her normaly tan skin was completely black and blue.The bruises continued down her neck and into her shirt, which had been ripped open. She had blood all over her stomach and side. "HANNAH!!" I pick her up and carry her into the house, dialing 911. "911 what's your emergency." The lady on the other line responded. "Help! I don't know what happened by my girlfriend! She's not breathing and she's covered in blood!" My eyes fill with tears as I stroke her hair. "Sir do you know CPR?" Thank God I had to take that stupid health class. "Yes!!" "Ok sir stay on the line with me while you begin CPR and I have sent police and ambulance to your location." I lay Hannah on her back and begin doing chest compressions, forcing my breath into her lungs every few compressions. I continue this until the door opens and the paramedics rush in, immediately trying to revive her. I run out side and jump into the ambulance with them as they speed her to the hospital, holding her hand the whole way. I kept my eyes on her the whole time, before I knew it I was being stopped by a doctor. "Sir you have to stay out here, you can't be in this area without clearance." I don't even remember getting out or running into the hospital. I just numbly nod my head and sit where he pointed. The police come and question me, I tell them everything from the time I left her at home to the time I came home and found her. "Sir do you know anyone who would want to hurt Miss. Rose?" I shake my head no then it comes back to me. My fist clench and my teeth grit together as I spit out his name, "Bobby. I don't know his last name. All I know is he's her ex boyfriend. He used to beat her, that's why she lives with me now. You can find him at The Voodoo Lounge. He has a tattoo on his neck of a snake. And he may have a broken nose." The cop just gave me a questioning look and shrug. He nods his head in understanding, radioing it in then telling me he will be in touch. Another cop comes over with a pair of scrubs, telling me they need to take my clothes for evidence. I quickly follow him to the bathroom and change my clothing putting it in bags for him before resuming my spot in the waiting room. I call the one person i know will be here. Shakingly I dial the number and wait for an answer. "Hello?" Her voice instantly relaxes me. "Mom?? It's Hannah, come to the hospital now." She replies with a ok then hangs up. Before I know it she is by my side and I colaps into her. "Shh Adam, she will be ok, she's a strong girl." God I hope so. My tears soak through her shirt as she rubs my head and back. "I can't lose her mom. I am finally happy. I need her." She shushes me again. "I know baby, I know. It's gonna be ok. Just breathe." I hold onto my mother as I shake with sobs. I can't lose her.