Heart and Soul
Marty walked into the apartment that she shared with her boyfriend John Mcbain. Her psychiatric conference had gone over the scheduled timeslot and as a result she had missed her flight and had to spend the night at the airport. She was exhausted and had looked forward to climbing under the covers and falling asleep in John's arms. Things had been rough for them since she miscarried their baby but she was hoping that they could spend the rest of the weekend together so they could focus on getting their relationship back on track.
She opened their bedroom door to find John and Natalie having sex.
John sat there frozen while Natalie scrambled to put her clothes back on.
"Oh, don't get dressed for my sake, Natalie," Marty said with as much venom as she could muster.
"It's not what you think," John stammered as he got up and made his way over to Marty.
"Really, so you weren't having sex with this whore in our bed?"
"We just got caught up in a moment, but I promise I would have stopped it. I could never betray you."
"You already have," Marty said as she slapped John across his face. "We're through," Marty said as she headed for the door.
"Don't leave when you're this upset," John said as he grabbed Marty's arm.
"Get your hands off of me. Don't ever touch me again. You're nothing but a lying snake," Marty said as she pushed him out of her way and slammed the door behind her.
She got in her car and sped away. She couldn't get her mind off of seeing Natalie and John together. She was so distracted by her thoughts that she missed the fact that the light ahead was turning red. The last thing that she remembered was seeing the semi headed her way.
Todd stopped at the gas station so he could fill up on gas and grab some treats for the road. He needed to go for a drive and clear his head. He was still adjusting to being back home with his family. Tonight, Tea had told him that she was going to stay with his twin brother Victor Junior. Victor had stolen his life for eight long years and even though he had gotten it back he wondered if his family preferred his brother, the other Todd.
He was on his way inside to grab the treats and pay for the gas when he saw Jack pull a gun out and point it at the man behind the cash register.
"What the hell is Jack doing here?" Todd said as he tried to register the scene ahead of him. Todd had to do something. He couldn't just stand by and watch his son throw his life away. Jack had been spiraling out of control ever since he found our that the man he thought was his father was really his uncle instead.
Todd knew that he wouldn't be able to reason with Jack. Jack seemed to hate him with every fiber of his being. His only hope was to wrestle the gun away from Jack before somebody got hurt. He snuck up behind Jack and grabbed the gun. They wrestled with it when the gun went off. Todd could feel the stinging pain as the bullet entered his chest and then everything went black.