~*~Walking Wounded Chapter~*~
phishfood1301:
Ello! This is a story based on my sims' and friends' life.
Thanks for all the CC i did NOT make myself, you may connise the girl cuz i suck at making people!
Walking wounded
Paulie sat down on his couch, in his lovely 4+ bedroom home. But it didn’t feel like home. I wonder where Maddie is?
Maddie was his wife of 18 years. Married fresh out of college for her, a degree in teaching, and fresh out of the police academy for him. Paulie, or Detective Paul Burt, had been working homicides for 10 years. Hundreds, no, thousands of deaths Paulie had to bear on his shoulders, including his own three children. Except they weren’t murdered. The night Paulie and Maddie’s fourth child, Toby, was born; a tree branch caught on fire in a storm and fell on their 4+ bedroom home.Sherry, 8 had been adopted from one of Maddie’s students. Clarissa 12 was an orphan who Paulie met while working her parent’s murders, and Hayden their biological son. Paulie looked at the clock 11:39pm. Maddie is never home this late! Madeline Charlotte Avi was her maiden name. Maddie was just what her friends called her. To her students it was Mrs. Burt. Maddie worked as a high school French teacher, since that was her first language. Paulie had met Maddie at a party 19 years ago. She was a beautiful foreign creature to small town Paulie Burt. He didn’t even go to that college. A friend of his, and now colleague, Matthew Picasso’s girlfriend Jessica went to that school.
Maddie had befriended Jessica as an attempt to join in on American college life. Jessica introduced the two shy people. She thought that they were a match made in heaven. And they were, for the past 11 years, until their kids died that fateful night.
Just then the door open and Maddie came in. In the spur of the moment
Paulie said “Hello my darling!” Hoping to spark a flame in their dying fire of love.
“Hey.” She said sadly. Paulie knew why. “The doctors say we should just pull the plug, on Toby.” Toby had been in a coma for the last 5 years after a drunk driver smashed into Maddie and Toby in the car. Maddie had been pregnant; the worst that happen to her was losing that baby. Her third miscarriage. Toby had been hit the worst. The driver, Scotty DaMartin was in and out of jail in one year. Paulie thought he should have gotten 25 years for the death of the baby, but some legal loophole said that the baby wasn’t really a person.
Maddie was sick and tired of Paulie’s moping. Maddie was sick and tired of him saying “let’s wait another year and see id he wakes up.” To her that translated to “you go to the hospital everyday and watch our son suffer and slowly drift into death.” Paulie hadn’t been to the hospital in 2 years. I don’t care if he says no. I’m signing thoughs papers. Maybe tomorrow. She hoped he hadn’t noticed her grab her purse, which she usually left by the door, and head to the bathroom. “What are you doing?” He asked grapping a hold of her purse. Just as he did it fell to the floor and out drop what she had been hiding. “Is that?” He said. “Yeah. It is.” she said.
Paulie was astonished to discover that his wife had a pregnancy test in her purse. Could she be… before he could finish that thought she grabbed and tried to excuse it “I’ve just been sick in the morning, and I haven’t had my period at first I thought it was just because of stress but…” Paulie wasn’t listening. Could she be? Is it mine? Of course it’s mine! It’s Maddie! “Paulie I didn’t want to worry you, if I’m not! Which is probably true because…” It took use 3 years to have Hayden, 5 for Toby. And once for this little bugger… Maddie was rambling but all the sudden Paulie jumped up and said “what are you waiting for? Go! Go! GO!” they ran up the stairs to their bathroom.
Paulie sat on the tub, and Maddie started reading the instructions. After two long minutes she looked at Paulie and said…..
END OF CHAPTER ONE
Love to hear from you all!
wickedwicka:
Oooh, nice cliff hanger. :thumbup:
LadyAzmodan:
wow man, that heavy s**t. really intriguing story so far.
phishfood1301:
thanks! I'm working on chapter 2! It should be out soon!
I'm open to suggestions! If you want to see somthing give me a heads up!
phishfood1301:
Chapter 2
Paulie took their dog, Jasper on walk to their usual stop, Paulie’s partner’s house. As he walked through the town he looked longingly into windows of families. He saw people play with their children. He waved at Mr. Jones and his son Mitch, the football star. He has taken Hayden’s place on the team. He arrived at Det. Matthew Picasso’s home.
“Hey! It’s Paulie-boy! What’ ya doing here?” Matt said. Jessica Matt’s wife poked her head out of the kitchen. She couldn’t cook, but she was probably drinking a beer and didn’t want Paulie to know.
You see, she was 8 months pregnant. After her last kid was born with fetal alcohol syndrome she kept her beer drink down to a minimum when Paulie was around. She knew he would lecture her. “Paulie, what’s up?” Paulie notice her new nose. That’s number 9. Jessica had had plastic surgery 9 times, till her own mother couldn’t recognize her. Matt didn’t mind. He enjoyed it. He felt like he was sleeping with a new woman each time she had it. Paulie knew all the secrets of their marriage. Matt wasn’t a quiet guy, he also had a drinking problem like his wife. Paulie often came and picked Matt up at bar or bailed him of trouble. Even though he had been arrested several times, there was no record. After all, he and Paulie had a 79 percent case closer rate, the highest in the state. Matt was often called “Mad Dog” and Paulie “Mad Job”. Matt could out run, out shoot, and drive faster than anyone on the Valley force. It was Good cop, (Paulie) Bad Cop (matt). They’d been working homicide together for what seemed like forever. Paulie could get anyone to confess to their crime, and Matt could and would beat them if they didn’t. Paulie often wished he didn’t have Matt as his partner because of his wild streak and anger problem. Matt and Jessica had two lovely children Fletcher and Sorley, both boys. Jessica wanted the new one to be a girl. Jessica didn’t know about Tanya. Matt’s daughter with a working girl named Michelle Tong. They had met when he was arresting her for prostitution. He let her off, and in exchange he got…. A girlfriend. Paulie wanted to tell Jess about them, but he could bring himself to ruin their otherwise perfect marriage, and ruin their children’s life.
“Yo, Paulie want a beer?” Matt asked “Maybe just one.” Paulie hated drinking. His dad had been an alcoholic and used to beat his mom. “Hey I got news for you two!”
“You finally knocked up Maddie?” Jessica squealed. “How’d you know?” Paulie was surprised that she knew. “I just know things!” Jessica said trying to use a smart voice. “She called.”
Matt said downing what was probably his six beer. “Matt! You weren’t supposed to tell him!”
After a long talk with Matt about hormones, Paulie went home. As he entered his 4+ bedroom house,
he noticed that clothing was thrown across the living room cups and plates were broken across the ground in the kitchen. Oh my god! Where’s Maddie? “Maddie? Maddie where are you? Are you okay?” Paulie screamed. “I’m upstairs.” She called out. He ran up the stairs. No light was coming out of their room. But light was peaking out of Toby’s room. Paulie hadn’t entered Toby’s room in years. It was filled with a crib, which Toby wouldn’t fit into, a changing table, that hadn’t seen a dirty diaper in years. And toys covered in dust. Paulie braced himself and entered. Maddie was digging through the closet.
“Maddie why are you in here?” “He’s awake! Where’s Mr. Buby? I know he’ll want it!” “Toby’s awake?” Paulie never expected this day to come, but here it was.
Before he knew it he was at the hospital. He had forgotten the way to Toby’s room, but Maddie led him the way.
They entered the room, and found their son, who just yesterday was a vegetable, watching a cartoon show. “Mom! Dad!” Toby yelled with joy. “Do you know that Mr. Rogers is off the air? I didn’t! What else did I miss?” Toby said jokingly. Paulie held Toby in his arms for a long time, till Maddie said “my turn!”
She spent the next hour telling him how much they loved him, and never gave up hope.
“I love you, buddy.” Paulie was telling Toby until he heard a noise.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BEEEEEP BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BEEEEEP! My alarm clock?
End Of Chapter 2
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