I can't Hurt You - Marcus Lopez Arguello

38

After Marcus, Billy, and I discarded the dead body we tried to make our way back to our hotel room. The murder scene itself was clean of any blood and evidence, but we weren't. My clothes were drenched in dried blood as well as all of our hands. Billy seemed to forget that he didn't have the room key on him though. Saya, Willie, and Maria had the key. Since we couldn't just wait around looking all bloody, Billy decided he would go find them. I begged him to take Marcus with him because I didn't want to deal with him wandering off or hallucinating something idiotic. He obliged and was off to find the others as I stayed by our hotel room door.

That was all two hours ago. Now, I was sitting on the floor leaning my back on the locked door waiting for them to come back. I wonder where the hell those assholes went.

I sighed and stood up from my sitting position. I wasn't exactly great at picking locks like Marcus, but I wasn't a dumbass either. I'd been taught to be a criminal since the day I was born, I could totally outsmart this computer thing. I dug through the back pocket of my jeans and fished out my wallet. It wasn't very full, but I had a couple credit cards in there. I tried swiping different ones. The lock didn't flash a green or red light on any, instead it didn't have a reaction.

"Shit." I muttered stuffing my cards back into my wallet and my wallet back into my jeans.

I let out a frustrated sigh and I ran my hand through my hair.

"Emma?" A female voice said making me look in the direction it came from.

I've never been so happy to see Maria and her ten pounds of makeup coming my way.

"Maria! You have a key? Like the room key?" I asked desperately as she made her way to me.

"Yeah, I-" She pulled out the card with a confused look before I snatched it out of her hands cutting off whatever she was saying which I didn't care to hear.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" I said as I swiped the card and the lock flashed green, letting me into the room.

"Fucking shit! I thought I was gonna be there all night." I said as I flopped onto a bed.

"Where were you? And where are Marcus and Billy? And why the fuck are you covered in blood?" She asked closing the door behind her.

"Long story short, we killed Billy's dad." I said calmly as I sat up on the bed.

"What?" She asked in a shocked tone.

"I'm not explaining why or how, but we let the door lock on our way out so Marcus and Billy went to go look for you, Saya, and Willie." I said, giving as little detail as possible.

"Did you clean up the body?" She asked coming to sit next to me.

"I don't know, Maria. Do I look like a complete dumbass?" I asked sarcastically.

She gave me a sarcastic smile back before getting up and heading to her suitcase in the corner.

"Where are Willie and Saya? I thought they were with you." I asked.

"They went to the am/pm and I got bored and left to take a walk. They gave me the key since they knew I'd be back before them." She explained as she fished through her multiple pieces of lingerie that were peaking out of her suitcase.

"Lingerie for a weekend trip to Vegas? Who were you planning on fucking and using against Chico?" I asked crossing my arms with a smirk.

"Why would I do that?" She asked as she slipped her shirt off and threw it into the pile of clothes, leaving her in a red lacy bra.

"Well, it's what you always do. You can't get out of a relationship with Chico so you cheat on him in hopes that he'll hate you and leave you. It never works, though. He just ends up killing the guy you slept with." I explained her pattern.