U, Me & She

Chapter 47 - Bad Timing

This is what went down....

  After striking Lorenzo with the butt of the pistol knocking him unconscious, Jamie plants the barrel of it underneath Lorenzo’s chin and carefully considers squeezing.  She felt that if she couldn’t have him, no one else was going to be able to, as her finger rests lightly against the trigger. “Ren, why do you keep making a bitch want to shoot you, huh?”  She asks gaining no response.

  Gathering her composure, Jamie backs away from him, lowering the pistol to her side while glancing into the mirror to her immediate right to ensure her hair was still in good standing.  She comes to her senses and realizes that she may have went a little overboard as she reluctantly places the pistol back into her purse while saying to it “Mikey, I’m going to put you away now.  The man in the mirror is telling me that I need to do this.”

  She sighs then walks around to the other side of the bed and rolls Nurse Williams’ body toward her, lifting her by her arms, then drapes her limp body over her shoulder as she begins her transit toward the exit to dispose of her body.    She opens the door to the entrance and makes her way partially down the stairwell upon being startled by the presence of Edward whom leaned to the side to allow her to pass.  Thinking quickly, she says “Excuse me sir.  My friend has had a little much to drink last night.  I’m going to take her home now.” as Edward responds with “Oh, I totally understand ma’am.  It happens.”  while he watches her carry the body down the remainder of the stairs and walk out of the building’s entrance.

  Upon her departure, Edward pulls his pistol from beneath his sweatshirt and makes his way toward Dana’s apartment to meet the intruder that Dana spoke of.  He stands in front of her door, takes a deep breath, and then pushes the door back hearing complete silence upon his entry.  He looks down to notice a trail of blood that lead from the carpet and followed behind him as he took a few steps back and pulls the door open once again to see if the trail lead to the passageway.  Upon confirmation, he grows suspicious as his heart rate elevates considerably.  “What the fuck?” he says as he cocks the pistol back in preparation for what he could possibly run into.

  He sees that the living room is unoccupied as he makes his way toward the remainder of the apartment, starting with the restroom.    Pushing the door to the restroom back, he notices nothing out of the ordinary as he draws the door back to the closed position and continues his search heading slowly down the hall toward the bedroom.  He has a sneaky suspicion that he is about to witness something uncanny as he points the weapon toward the direction of the bedroom door and slowly inches toward it.

  Within a foot of the door, he uses his free hand to carefully twist the knob.  He takes a deep breath and says to himself, “Okay Eddie.  You fuckin’ got this.  You’re a fuckin’ warrior!  On the count of three, kick this bitch in.  One….Two…..THREE!”

 <BOOM>    

  The door is kicked open as he immediately barges into the room as if he were undergoing a sting operation, pointing the pistol in every direction imaginable out of fear of what awaits.  Scanning the entire room, he slowly realizes that he may have been overreacting as he notices nothing but a messy bed, an ash tray full of roaches from the joints, and an open window.  He scratches his head with the barrel of the pistol as he is confused by the evident blood trail left amongst the carpet.  He is relieved to see that no one was there as he puts the pistol on safety and tucks it within the front of his pants.

  He feels that he can now relax as he removes the hood from atop his head before suddenly feeling himself being grabbed by his wrists from behind and thrown in handcuffs.

“Sir, you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney and if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. You can choose to exercise these rights at any time”.

  Eddie cooperates as he becomes infuriated from feeling as if he were set up.

“Sir, I will also advise you that you do not have to say anything but it may harm your defense if you do not mention now, anything you later rely on in court. Anything you do say will be given in evidence.”

  As he is escorted from the premises, he sees Dana conversing with one of the other police officers at the bottom of the stairwell and immediately fumes with anger.  She glances up to notice Edward being escorted.

"Oh shit!"...