Hiding off the Grid

Chapter Thirty Six

The motel was destroyed, blood was everywhere and broken objects scattered the lobby. Then my eyes found Naomi's body, it was laying in the corner of the room. I could see where she was shot in the head and I already felt tears spraying from my eyes. 

I didn't even realize I was crying, I just kept looking at the ruined lobby. I didn't even hear people calling out to me. Hands were placed around my torso because I started walking towards Naomi. Then I saw something that made this whole situation worse. 

On the wall next to Naomi, written in her blood, were the words "Arizona". The arms around me weren't ready for me to go limp, and I fell to the floor. I could feel the blood on the floor seeping through my jeans as I looked up at my name on the wall. 

I caused Naomi's death. 

I did this, I thought as I started shaking uncontrollably. I shouldn't have come back to Charleston, I shouldn't have grown close to Naomi. I shouldn't have called her to pick me up when I ran away. I should have stayed away. 

Suddenly the hands that were around me before wrapped around me once again and started dragging me back towards the front doors. "Let go of me." I whispered but I was slowly getting closer to the doors of the lobby. 

"I said let go of me." I said a little louder but no one was listening to me. Suddenly, my senses came back to me and I noticed all of the detectives and crime scene investigators staring at me. I didn't realize there was this many people in the lobby. 

I twisted around in the arms that were dragging me out the door and came face to face with another cop. I started screaming in panic, I couldn't leave Naomi here alone. 

"I can't leave her." I yelled at the top of my lungs, I wasn't trying to cause a scene but no one was listening to me right now. 

"Miss you need to leave." The cop from behind me said loud enough for everyone to hear, but my mind was going crazy. Naomi died because of me.

I shook my head as if trying to get the thought out of my head but I failed. So many thoughts were swirling through my head and it felt as though I was listening to nothing but static and crackling noises. 

Despite all my efforts I was still being pulled towards the door, but I can't leave. I need to be in here, I did this to Naomi. 

Suddenly all rationale was gone and my hands found the gun in the cops holster around his waist. I grabbed the cold gun in my hands quickly and with all my might pushed the cop away with the gun in my shaking hands. 

I pointed the gun up at him, "I said I'm staying." I shook as tears kept flowing down my cheeks onto the floor. 

The cop had his hands up and a few people in the room froze while others pulled their own guns out and pointed them at me. "Put the gun down and you can stay." The cop in front of me said still with his hands up but I shook my head. 

"That's a lie." I said because I knew the second I put this gun down everyone would rush towards me and take me out of here. 

Suddenly shouting came from the front doors and everyone glanced at Jaxton trying to push his way inside after me. Cops were holding him back from running into the lobby after me. Tears were falling down his face as well as he watched me nervously. Jaxton struggled with the cops but they held him down so he couldn't get to me. 

I could see how sad and scared he was, currently everyone in the room still had their guns on me but my shaking hands were still pointing the gun I had at the cop in front of me. My head was swirling and I had no idea what was happening, someone could shoot and kill me any second.