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Patrick Connelly (pat_connelly) wrote in lineof_fire_rpg,
@ 2008-03-21 00:43:00

Patrick Phone Home.
WHO: Patrick Connelly
WHAT: Patrick calls home.
WHERE: He's in PRIZONS.
WHEN: About 6:30pm
RATING: TBD
OPEN: To immediate members of his family.

Life in prison had gotten immensely better for Patrick. He wasn't growing to like being there, not by any means, but after being there for a year he had gotten somewhat used to the idea of being there. He still couldn't wait to get out and go home to his wife and daughters, and he was itching to get back to work. He had heard only good things about Matt taking things over, and he was proud of his brother for that. But most of all, he just missed everyone. He missed the outside, being able to do what he wants when he wants. He missed being with his wife, sleeping in the same bed as her. He missed his daughters, being able to kiss them goodnight. He missed his life.

Laying in his bunk one evening after he ate dinner, Patrick held a book in his hands, his eyes moving over the words but not really grasping them. He had read that book so many times, he just didn't want to read it again. Closing the book, he dropped it on the small desk type table in his cell and he ran his hands over his face. Scratching the side of his face, he decided to call home. He wasn't sure if anyone would be there, but he needed to at least try. He wanted to hear Kate's voice. Leaving his cell, he made his way down to the room where the phones were. He picked up the receiver and went through the motions of dialing home. Leaning against the wall, he closed his eyes and crossed his arms across his chest, hoping someone answered.

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pat_connelly
2008-03-26 01:14 am UTC (link)

Patrick listened to Kate talking about their girls, and he sighed softly, closing his eyes. He missed them all so much, he couldn't even take it anymore. He wanted to go home right now, he wanted to be with his family more than anything. Licking his lips, he reached up and wiped away a silent tear that had begun to fall down his face. He was respected there in the prison, and he didn't need to let anyone see him crying. The only person he let see him cry was the woman he was on the phone with right now, and she couldn't see him.

He knew his wife well enough to know she was still a little angry at him for the whole turning himself in thing. But as soon as he got out, he'd put the entire thing behind him, and he'd be the best husband he could be. He'd be the best father he could be. Hearing her tone lower a little, he cleared his throat at her question. "I don't know, I need to talk to Matty and find out what he can do, who he can talk to. I don't know what kind of contacts he's got still," he said. He rolled his lips into his mouth. "Is ... can I talk to Taylah? Just for a minute," he asked. He needed to hear his baby girl's voice.

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firecrackerkate
2008-03-27 01:18 am UTC (link)

Kate sighed softly, bowing her head against the side of the refrigerator as she listened to him talk. She wanted him home now, and was sick of waiting for phone calls to be made, for plans to be put into place. He just had to say the word, and he'd come home...or at least that's what she prayed for. She hated sleeping in her bed alone, reaching for him when he was no longer there.

"I'll be sure to let him know he needs to get in touch with you. Maybe him coming to visit you might be best? That way ... it might be easier to get things put into place." She was careful about what she said, as who knew if anything she said was being monitored at this point. "Yeah, you can." She smiled a bit and looked over to Taylah. "Hey baby, daddy wants to talk to you." The shriek of joy that came from their seven year old made her cringe a little from the sheer volume level. "Ah, watch the hands." Kate lowered herself to her knees and held the phone up to Taylah's ear so she didn't get the slop all over the phone. "Hi Daddy!" Taylah squealed into the phone, those big dimples creasing her cheeks as she talked.

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pat_connelly
2008-03-27 02:19 am UTC (link)

Patrick smiled as he listened to his wife talk. She was a smart woman, she knew that the phonecalls were being monitored. She knew not to say anything that would get him into serious trouble. And some of the guards knowing that Patrick only had to say the word and he'd be getting out of there would be ammo enough for them to throw him into solitary or the hole. And he didn't want that. "Yeah, as soon as you can get Matty to come see me, I think it's time," he said. He licked his lips and ran his hand over his face, clutching the phone closer to his ear. "I miss you, I want to come home," he added. He sighed, he missed his girls. All of them.

Hearing Taylah's excited squeak as Kate announced that he wanted to talk to her, he couldn't help but smile. When he heard his youngest daughter's voice on the phone, his smile grew and he clutched the phone even tighter. "Hi baby," his smile was evident in his words. "Are you being a good girl for mommy while daddy's away?" he asked, closing his eyes and just enjoying hearing his baby girl talking about all the stuff she'd been doing. As much as he loved hearing it from her, he wished he could be there to experience it with her.

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firecrackerkate
2008-04-13 08:02 pm UTC (link)

"I think it's far past time." She said, though bit her tongue from saying anything else. As much as she loved and adored her husband, she was still very much hurt that he had taken it upon himself to get thrown in prison. The months she spent in prison were ones she would rather forget, and there was no need, as far as she was concerned. She tried to understand his want and need for basically committing himself, but she couldn't completely do it. "I miss you too." She breathed, but kept everything else she might have wanted to say to herself.

Instead she busied herself with listening to Taylah ramble on and on about school and her projects and tell her daddy about everything that was going on in her life. Kate missed when their family was whole, and as much as Patrick coming home would remedy that, it would never be completely the way it was. Izzy was still gone, and that reality still hit her squarely in the chest every day. When Taylah was done, Kate lifted the phone back up. "Go wash your hands, Tay." She said, nodding toward her sticky hands. Lifting the phone back up to her ear, she smiled a little. "She misses you a lot." She paused a moment and then bit at her lower lip. "I'll have Matt come and see you as soon as I see him."

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pat_connelly
2008-04-13 09:31 pm UTC (link)

Patrick rolled his lips into his mouth, he knew that Kate had been angry with him when he made his decision to turn himself in. But it was something, at the time, that needed to do. He had so much guilt buried deep down inside over Kate taking the wrap for him before, and then Izzy's death ... he needed to pay for the things he'd done somehow. And prison seemed like the only thing that would work. At the time, he and Kate weren't getting along, and his other daughter wouldn't speak to him. He needed to do something, and now he just wanted to go home and be with his family. He missed them all.

Once Taylah had finished talking, Patrick couldn't wipe the smile off of his face and he took a deep breath. Hearing Kate's voice back on the phone, he smiled again. "I know, I miss her too," he admitted, nodding his head. "I miss all of you guys," he added, his finger playing with the phone cord. Nodding as she told him that she'd have Matty come as soon as she saw him, he rolled his lips into his mouth. "Thanks, Kate. I love you," he told her honestly. It was true, absence did make the heart grow fonder, and he missed his wife more than ever.

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