One of a Kind - A KathNiel Story

Chapter 58

Kath felt nothing but pure panic as she bashed the door with her shoulder, trying to break it open. She was in too much pain from giving birth just five days ago to even attempt to raise her leg enough to kick at the door. "Dad!" Kath turned to him, completely desperate but the look in his eyes brought her right back to her childhood - how he'd treat her back then. He'd called his drug dealer and used drugs all in the half-hour it took her to pick up some diapers for Dylan that were the right size. Her biggest fear was that her children were in the bath when she left and she had no idea where they were. Dylan was five days old, she could be drowning. "Dad, where are the keys?! Unlock the fucking door! Your grandchildren are in there!" Kath exclaimed, but Teddy just swatted her away.

"Leave me alone." He mumbled and she finally let herself cry when she could smell more than just the weed - she could smell alcohol.

"I'm gone for thirty minutes and you take heroin, you're smoking weed and you drink?! My babies are in there, you selfish bastard!" Kath hit him repeatedly, trying to dig into his pockets but he just pushed her away from him.

"Get away from me!" He slurred, but Kath just came straight back, trying to dig into his pockets but she yelped when he shoved her and she only just managed to put her hands up to protect herself before she hit the wall and a shockwave of pain came through her body from between her legs. Every fiber of her being was screaming at her to get to her children, hearing Noah crying but it was terrifying her that she could barely hear Dylan. Kath pulled out her phone.

"Baby, I'm about to go into this meeting at work-"

"My Dad is fucking drunk and high out of his mind, we're locked out of the house and his fucking drug dealer is in there with the kids in the bath! I can't get in!" Kath sobbed and it was like DJ could feel his world crashing down around him.

"I'll be there in five minutes." He choked out before hanging up his phone and he ran out of the tattoo studio without a backward glance. He'd only agreed to attend the meeting about the studio being renovated because Kath was going to be safe with her Dad for the afternoon with the kids, he never would have gone if he had any kind of doubts that something would happen.

Kath stared at the door, throwing herself against the door again even though it caused her a lot of pain but the door still didn't budge and she banged on the door when she could hear laughter coming from the other side, knowing it was Luke. "Let me in or I'm calling the fucking police! Those are my kids!" Kath roared, but she didn't hesitate to dial 911 when all she continued to hear was the laughter from Luke and her children crying.

"What emergency service do you require?" The operator answered almost immediately.

 "My kids are locked inside my Dad's house and he's taken drugs and drank alcohol - his drug dealer is in the house and I can't get inside. I only left for thirty minutes!" Kath was desperate, tears streaming down her face.

"Where are you?" Kath recited the address, but the reassurance that the police were on their way did little to comfort her. She needed to get to her children - they were her world, her life was her children. "How old are the kids inside the house?" The operator asked.

"My son is four and my daughter is five days old - I left them in the bath with my Dad! I didn't bring the right diapers for my daughter and I thought I could trust him! He's been clean for so long..." Kath trailed off, breaking down in tears - she didn't care if paparazzi were getting pictures of her, she didn't care that a few people had stopped across the street to see what was going on. All she cared about was getting inside to her babies.

"Ma'am, try and stay calm. Officers will be with you in under ten minutes." The operator said calmly, but Kath couldn't stay calm. Her children were in the bath when she left them, Noah would be trying to keep Dylan up from slipping under the water that would have long since gone cold - she had to get to them.

Kath hung up the phone when the sound of sirens got closer and the police wasted no time in rushing up the steps past Teddy, holding a battering ram between them.

"Step back, ma'am." One of them ordered and Kath took a step down, tears streaming down her face as the officers used the battering ram to break open the door.

"KATH!" She whipped her head around, seeing DJ racing towards her.

"DJ!" She exclaimed, the two of them sharing a quick kiss as he caught up with her but they wasted no time in running into the house together once the police entered the house. Kath led the way upstairs, both of them terrified at what they'd find in the bathroom.

They burst open the bathroom door.

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