Emergency Assassin

chapter 13

A loud cry snaps me out of sleep. I quickly jump out of bed and fetch my gun at once. The cry came again and it sounds like the person is in so much pain. Tony was the first person to come to mind,i race out of my room tracing the voice. Getting there the door is locked. I use my gun to blow the key part open and immediately I kick the door open I see seven guns pointed at me but they quickly put them down once they saw my face.

Pat? What the hell. Tony looks roughed up and his eyes bloodshot. The man on the table has blood all over him and two bloody bullets are placed on the stand beside him but he is no longer crying in pain. Just looks sedated. Before I could show any reaction Tony pulls me by the hand taking me out of the room and shutting the door behind us. I didn't say a word until we entered the room.

Are you OK?  I finally ask him.

Yes, sure. He spits into the sink before washing his face but I caught a glimpse of the bloody spit. His knuckles are bruised. He doesn't seem to have more injuries though.

What happened out there?

Pat, I..uhm.., I don't want to talk about this now he responds taking off his clothes and walking to the bathroom.

I follow him inside the bathroom desperate for answers but he starts the shower without acknowledging my presence.

I pull my clothes off and join him in the shower, taking his sponge from him and start washing him from behind. He was stiff for a while then his shoulders start to relax gradually.

For the first time I notice the scars on his body. I had become familiar with the two on the face. One on the left eye brows and the other close to the right ear.

One in particular looked like it was really bad. It is around the waist line but as soon as I begin to touch it Tony bends his head and began to speak.

Nicole is in the hospital, he says more as a whisper placing his hands on the wall of the shower.

My hands stop moving. Is she OK?

She's uhm, I'm, I ah. Tony is stuttering which makes my mind wonder. Could she be dead? Did Tony kill her? It took me a second to realise Tony had started talking.

What did you say?

I said she's pregnant. Nicole is pregnant,he repeats.

I remain silent. For Tony to be reacting this way means the child is his. But the question is how? He said they stopped working together a long time ago.

Is the baby yours?  I end up asking

It's only a claim for now,he responds sternly.

A lot of questions are roaming my mind almost making me dizzy. Like what the hell am I doing here?  I mean I don't belong here. How do I get out of this? Alive off course but just then he turns facing me.

Are you OK?  He asks looking worried and then I realized the silence must have lingered for long.

I'm not going to pretend to be OK ,so I'm going to ask a question and I need the truth.

Tony remains silent

If I recall correctly you said things ended between you two a long time ago and then this?
It doesn't even add up.

So what's the question?  Tony asks

Do I really need to spell it out? I respond infuriated

Pat please relax, it's only a claim for now Tony says putting off the shower

But for you to be this bothered there's a possibility it's yours. When last did you see her?

I'm not having this conversation now pat. He gets out of the shower, grabs a towel and heads straight to the drawer.

Tony I can't do this anymore, I say getting out of the shower as well.

Do what?  He asks all tensed up.

The question puts me off balance like,  do what really? Just because we slept together it doesn't mean we're Now dating.

Come to bed Tony says lazily as he stretches himself on the bed. I wonder why he's being so casual about this. Every bone in my body is telling me to go sleep next room but my legs moves before I could decide. I join Tony in bed and immediately I lie down he turns backing me.

I scoot close to him and spoon him from behind and I feel his body relax instantly. Then it hit me, I've only been thinking about myself in this whole baby drama without considering how Tony is feeling about it. Soon he'll be a dad and his life is not even close to stable right now. Is he even ready to be a Dad?  I move even closer to him and hug him tighter and just then he turns to face me.

I don't know what to do Tony whispers.

It's weird to see him like this, Mr tough. I don't know either I end up responding but I'm here for you. He gives me a weak smile before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.

I lie there staring at Tony sleep, he looks peaceful sleeping. My mind wonders back and forth on the drama I got myself into and how different my life would have been if I hadn't met Tony until I drift off to sleep too