How I joined Jump Street
Chapter 9
They reached the lobby and Izzi is the first one out of the elevator. Izzi darted out of the building so fast that Janette had to run to keep up.
"Izzi slow down. The Chapel isn't going anywhere."
Izzi stopped walking then turned to Janette.
"I…I know that. It's not that. It's not that I'm in a hurry…."
Izzi then turned away from Janette and started walking to the car again. Janette followed. As Izzi talked she used her hands to talk.
"It's not….i…..why?...this….this has got to be a nightmare. I was there over a month. A month Janette!" Izzi said.
Janette saw how confused Izzi was. Izzi was trying to express what had happened to her but she just couldn't find the right words. She could tell that Izzi was frustrated and angry. She could tell Izzi wanted to get something off her chest. She still couldn't see what Carlos saw. Izzi didn't seem like she would take her life. She was just an emotional wreck.
"A month of having to deal with that and acting as if it doesn't bother me. The comments."
"What did they say to you, Anderson and Cooper?"
"I don't belong on the force because I'm a girl. I don't be long on the force because I am a dark skinned Spanish girl. My place is in the kitchen. I'm trying to steal their jobs. (Gasps) Their jobs, the ones they didn't do. They watched me…they watched…."
Izzi choked back tears.
"They did nothing!"
Izzi felt the tears roll down her face. Janette walked over to Izzi to hug her but Izzi took a step back.
"I'm fine! Don't touch me please!" Izzi said.
Janette nodded she understood. Izzi sighed.
"I'm sorry." Izzi said.
"You have nothing to be sorry about."
Janette turned and unlocked the door and waited for Izzi to come around to the other side of the car to the passenger side. When Izzi didn't Janette turned to see Izzi standing away from the car holding herself.
"Izzi?"
Janette came closer to Izzi and without touching Izzi she directed her to the car. Izzi got into the car. Janette closed the door then came around to the driver's side and got in. She started the car. She drove off heading towards the Chapel.
"I'm so sorry that this happened to you Izzi. They had no right to act that way towards you. They should have stepped in and acted like cops like they swore to be. They shouldn't have endangered you the way they did. And Cooper is a jerk!"
Izzi just looked out of the window as Janette talked. Janette figured Izzi was just tuning her out she had said anything.
"It's not fair. None of this should have happened." Izzi said.
Izzi wiped her face of the tears that were falling before crossing her arms over her chest.
"You're right it isn't and this shouldn't have happened. But I promise you Cooper is going to pay for his part in this."
"Anderson is already paying for his." Izzi said.