Killing Cruz

Chapter 7

There's knocking on my door. I open it and find Nancy looking like a mess.
"I did it. I did it, Ivan! I'm free!" she exclaimed.
"Free from what?" I asked.
"Richard. We're officially divorced!"
"Looks like we have something to celebrate." It was Gunter who said that.
It was vacation.
"Trent was stupid to suspend you for two weeks," Cruz said. I let them in. Gunter puts the cake down, Nancy takes out three plates and cuts the chocolate cake and I take out three glasses and a bottle of cheri.
"Why don't you... oh, wait, nevermind. I forgot that Cruz can't eat what we eat," Gunter said.
"Don't worry. I've got a sack of cow blood and muffins made with cobras."

Nancy takes her glass and stands.
"A toast to freedom!"
"And to love," Gunter added.
"Excuse me?"
"Gunter and I are in love, Nancy."
We looked at each other and then at her. It took a while for her to take in and when it did, she said,"Well, congratulations! And to love!"
"To love!" Cruz shouted.
"To freedom and to love!" we said in unison.
"Cheers!"
We sat, laughed and enjoyed each other's company. We made sure to not let Nancy and Cruz feel left out. Cruz and Nancy went to go and watch TV while we were alone in the kitchen.
"I bought four tickets to Bermuda this morning. One for you, me, Nancy and Cruz. I haven't told the others yet."
"You should tell them, but don't tell them it's to Bermuda. You know Cruz won't like that and Nancy is a snitch, a lovely woman, but a snitch."
"Don't worry, it's not a direct flight. We'll have to stop in New York."
"But that's close to Bermuda!"
"Listen, it's actually to Paris and it's a small plane. We let Cruz sit at the window and I'll sit next to him. When we're above Bermuda, at night that is, I'll quietly open the door and push him out. He will fall to his death and drown."
"That's a good idea, but one problem: Demons aren't allowed on planes."
"Leave that to me."

We leave the kitchen and join the others.
"Since we're celebrating, I have something to tell you. I booked us a flight to Paris."
"Yay!" she said with excitement.
"You idiot," Cruz said.
"Don't worry. I'll put you in the necklace." The necklace was quite special. Whenever I had to travel, I would just open it and Cruz would just get sucked into it like a vacuum.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?"
"I couldn't afford a big plane, so we're taking a small plane to Paris."
"That's fine," Gunter said. "As long as we get there."
Gunter and Nancy leave and it's just the two of us again.
"Alone again, naturally," he sang.

We both got ready for bed for tomorrow was Operation: Freedom. Yes, that's the name of my plan. Deal with it.