Love in the theater

Chapter 14

After the party, everyone went back home. Richard and Mary went in bed and didn't talk, both of them were deep in their thoughts until Richard broke the silence.

"What do you think about everything that happened today" he asked, turning his head to look at her

"To be honest, I really don't know. It's incredibly serious and I really don't know what to do" she answered

"Do you think that we should tell Oliver?"

"I really don't know, maybe it's not a good idea" she said as she opened a book and started reading

"Are you kidding me? We need to save Loretta, she haven't done anything to her, she's in danger" he said as he took her book out of her hands

"I know that, I really want to help her but don't you think it could turn against us?" she gave him a serious look

"Yeah it could but if it turns against us we'll just tell the police and they'll arrest her"

"Richard, are you sure that you know Roberta? She's smarter than that, she could go anywhere and make our lives a living hell"

"So we don't do anything?"

"Not for the moment, let's wait until we find a plan"

"Okay" Richard said as he went to turn the light off and went to lay back in bed. He kept thinking about what Mary said, it was true, Roberta had the power to make their lives hell but he couldn't let Loretta and Oliver down. He had to help her so he thought about a way to tell Oliver.

***

In the morning, when Mary was at work, he immediately went to Loretta's apartment to talk to his friend but was shocked when nobody answered the door. He called Oliver's phone and waited for him to answer.

Meanwhile Oliver was still sleeping until he heard his phone ringing.

"Yeah hello?"

"Hey! Did I wake you up? " Richard asked

"No you didn't" Oliver rolled his eyes, he was definitely not ready to talk to anyone

"Where are you? I went to Loretta's apartment to see you but you didn't answer the door"

"That's because I'm not there" Oliver simply said

"What? Then where are you?"

"I'm at my apartment"

"Okay then I'm coming, I'll be there in 10 min" he said as he hung up

"Yeah of course, don't even ask" Oliver said while looking at the phone

***

After a while, Oliver heard someone knock on the door so he went to open it.

"Hi" he said

"Hi, listen we need to talk"

"Yeah and what do you want to talk about?" Oliver asked as he went to sit on the couch

"Loretta" Richard said as he went to join his friend on the couch

"Gosh, why do you want to talk about her? I'm done now, she can do whatever she wants I don't care" Oliver said, annoyed

"No, I know you care. Listen it's really serious, Loretta's in danger"

"Danger?" he chuckled "You know, it didn't look like she was in danger last night, she even seemed pretty well"

"Did you see marks on her arms yesterday?" Richard asked

"Marks? Richard, I stayed 2 min at most, how could I have noticed marks on her arms?"