Nobody Said It Was Easy
‘You are able to see Mo now…she’s been stabilised and everything seems fine…’ hours had gone by and Charlie rushed down the corridor to see her ‘what about Kat?’ Big Mo held back and looked up at the doctor. ‘You can see her now…but it will be worse than it looks…’ she nodded solemnly.
‘Mo…are you ok? What happened?’ Charlie sat beside her and gripped her hand ‘dad…I was walking…and someone attacked me…they wanted money but I didn’t have any…’ as she spoke she clutched her side, the pain on her face present.
‘I’m so glad you’re ok…I can’t believe two of you are in here!’ Little Mo looked away ‘I was walking…thinking about what Kat and I had argued about…and that she might die….’ Trying to hold back the tears Charlie comforted her ‘its ok darling…they said Kat arrested when they brought her in…’ Little Mo turned her head quickly ‘she’s ok though…she’s stable now…’
A small smile crossed her face, but she didn’t know that 48 hours were the difference between life and death for Kat. ‘We need to get you better too…is there anything I can get you?’ she shook her head, before closing her eyes.
Big Mo stood at the door for a few moments, unsure about what to do, she could see Kat, wires going in and out, machines at either side of her. Slowly the door creaked open ‘Kat…what have you done…’ her granddaughter was almost unrecognisable.
‘Kat…its Nan…’ she fell silent, it was impossible to talk to Kat and never get a reply, you usually had to try and get a word in edge ways, but now there was no reply at all, she could say anything she wanted and yet words failed her.
She looked up as the door opened ‘I see you decided to see Kat then…Mo ok?’ she muttered to Charlie ‘yeah…in pain but she’ll survive…’ he gulped hard as he saw Kat lying there helpless. 'I can’t believe all this is over Alfie; if I ever see him again…I’ll kill him!’ Big Mo raised her voice slightly.
‘He’ll never know about this…you’ll never see him again…’ Charlie muttered ‘we should never have let him do this to our girls…he’s ruined this whole family!’ wiping the tears away they both stared down at Kat.
‘Charlie…we cant stop everything…we didn’t know what Alfie would change like this, he promised to look after Kat and all he did was bring her more pain…’ Big Mo smiled slightly as she spotted her wedding ring still on her finger. ‘She loved him too much, that was her problem…’ she pointed to the ring.
‘Yeah, she loved him too much and he never loved her enough, not the way she should be loved…’ Charlie gripped her hand, it was cold and limp, just like her heart, there was nothing left anymore.
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‘I can’t believe what happened to Kat…wonder if Alfie wants to know?’ Danny leant against the bar as he chatted to Jake ‘I think Alfie would be the last person the Slater’s would want to see…’ Danny nodded ‘yeah, suppose…here Nana, what do you want?’ she looked up confused ‘what’s happened to Kat darling?’ Danny glared at Jake ‘umm, well she’s in hospital…’ he didn’t know how to put the rest. ‘Oh no, is she ok?’ Jake smiled ‘we don’t know yet…she was hit by a bus Nana…’ she gasped before holding onto Danny.
‘I’ve just had a phone call from Charlie…Little Mo’s in hospital too; apparently she was mugged and stabbed…’ Chrissie updated their conversation ‘both of them…wonder who’s bed side Alfie would be at right now?’ Danny raised his eyebrows as Jake hit him around the head. ‘Danny…not now…’ Nana looked up at Jake ‘but he’s right…who would he sit with, he doesn’t even know about it…maybe I should contact him…’
‘But we don’t know where he is…’ Nana smiled ‘Oh I think I do…take me home…’ Danny and Jake finished off their drinks before helping Nana back to the house.