"They say we are asleep until we fall in love
We are children of dust and ashes
But when we fall in love we wake up
And we are a god and angels weep
But if I die here tonight
I die in my sleep"
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Benicia picked her phone up and answered it. "I-"
"Do you want to die?"
"Zoe-"
"Not just Zoe." Karen's very heated voice could be heard, on top of Rhea yelling something in Russian in the background, "Benny, we get it. But you have to be careful. We don't want anything to happen to you because you decided to give some guy the bird."
"I'm okay."
"Miss Duterte-"
Benicia turned around and sighed, "Uh, one moment-" She spoke back into the phone, "Hey, I need to go."
"What? What are you doing?"
"Answering questions. I'll talk to you guys later." Benicia faced the officer again, "Yes?"
"He may have written you once before." The officer was holding a stack of letters, "Nothing sounds familiar?"
"Not that I can tell." Benicia answered him, "We get a lot of angry letters, though." Her phone started to ring again, "We might have some in archives-" She checked her phone again only to not recognize the caller, "Do you mind if I get this?"
"Be my guest."
"Thanks." Benicia walked away from the officer and answered, "Benicia Duterte."
"The hell are you doing, Benicia? Going after a guy like this."
"I shouldn't be surprised that you're also going to scold me." Benicia sighed as she glanced back at the officer slightly. "He chose me and it made me angry that he thinks I'd agree with his actions."
"Yeah, good for you. Now you got a target on your back. You happy?"
"What else was I supposed to do?"
"Nothing."
"Seriously? Nothing? That is how people like this win, Fr-" Her voice faltered just a bit and she shut her eyes, "Why exactly are you calling?"
"Is the FBI there?"
"Yes."
"Good. You just stay put till you hear from me."
Benicia clicked her tongue on the top of her roof, "Sorry, hold on a sec-" She smiled at the officer, "Could I get a little privacy?"
"Sure."
Benicia kept the smile on her face until the officer was gone. "Why exactly am I suddenly hearing from you? What do you know about this?"
"Yeah, I know that you need to stay put until this gets dealt with."
"That's a bullshit answer." Benicia almost snapped into her phone, "What does this have to do with you? Do you know who he is? Frank?" She shut her eyes, "If you do, tell me. I can go to the FBI, and we can deal with this."
