U, Me & She

Chapter 46 - ⚡h*t Just Got Real

Moments before....

  Upon reading the text message, Dana politely excuses herself as she rushes from the entrance of her apartment.  She barely closes the door behind herself accidentally dropping her cell phone as she recovers it and quickly shuffles her way down the stairwell heading toward the parking lot to greet her estranged fiancé Edward, prior to him taking it upon himself to make his way inside and potentially witnessing a partially dressed Lorenzo.  She’s has a hunch that something is about to go awry as she glances at the darkness from amongst the glass of the entrance to see that daybreak has still yet to begin.  Prior to her exit, she pauses momentarily as her heart races while standing within one mere foot of the building’s exit, to get a quick fix just for the purpose of gaining instant motivation in preparation for whatever Edward urgently needs to talk to her about.  She feels the effects of the powdered substance immediately as her eyes widen completely from the rush.  Following this, she rubs her nose vigorously as she tucks the bag between her cleavage and exhales to compose herself.

  She opens the door to the front entrance to immediately witness Edward's pricey vehicle parked along the side of the curb with engine running and headlights blaring.  Walking past the headlights around the front of the car, she opens the door to the passenger side, taking a seat as she pulls the door shut upon entry.  With a concerned look, Edward looks her way saying "I received a phone call, maybe an hour or two ago, informing me you were admitted.  The lady said that they found my information inside of your purse and said that they wanted to contact someone that you knew.  I was scared shitless before I rushed to St. Francis to see if you were ok, only for the staff to tell me that you had left prior to being discharged.  What the hell is going on?"

  Dana stares off at a distance trying to conjure up an excuse before noticing out of the corner of her eye the image of a person that looked very much like Jamie slowly creeping into the entrance of the building.  Alarmed, she sits up in her seat and leans closer to get a better look as Edward grows frustrated.  “Hello?” He says as he notices her face instantly drop.  “Dafuq?”  Dana says to herself as she looks in his direction and says “Um…Eddie.  I know that you’re going to get upset when I tell you this, but…remember those rings that you got me….”  She sighs as Edward awaits the rest of her statement.  “Those rings were stolen from me.  I got robbed and beaten while I was wearing them.  Yeah, that’s why I was sent to the hospital.”

  Eddie’s face turned red with anger as he leans back in his seat and raises his voice asking “By who?!?”  She glances in the direction of the entrance once more, pointing toward the entrance and says “By the person that just walked into the building.”  He looks in that direction and sees nothing as he looks back at her with a puzzled look upon his face.  “Eddie, they’re probably coming after me.  We’d better get out of here...baby, please, I don’t want any trouble.”  Dana says grabbing his hand tightly as she watches his entire demeanor shift.  She had never seen Eddie this upset before and was really hoping that he would’ve just pick up the phone and called the police.

  Instead, Eddie silently reaches past Dana’s lap popping open the glove compartment, to reveal before her a black High Standard Sport King Semi-automatic pistol.  Her heart feels as if it were going to jump out of her chest as he holds it sideways and verifies that the safety was off before reaching for the door handle to make his presence known.  “Eddie! Wait!”  Dana says as she quickly grabs him by his sleeve.  He pauses with his left foot planted on the pavement and says to her looking over his shoulder “Don’t go anywhere.  Stay right here.  I’ll be right back.” as he steps from the running vehicle slipping the pistol underneath the front of his hoodie.

 The car door slams as Dana covers her face out of fear of what is about to occur.   “Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!” Dana says to herself as she watches Eddie pull his hood over his head and creep towards the entrance.  She panics while scanning through each of the windows of the vehicle to see if there was anyone nearby that could possibly put an end to this as her mind races.  Breathing franticly, she holds her phone in her lap, and dials 911, then awaits to press the call button.  She allows several minutes to pass as she has determined that this maybe the only reasonable solution to this.   Shaking her foot vigorously, she closes her eyes tightly and presses the button.

  “911, what’s your emergency?”….