You couldn't hear a sound after Dennis finished speaking. "She killed your sister?", Doug repeated in a whisper.
Dennis nodded uncomfortably. "Not literally tough" he added and you could nearly hear the sigh of relief in every person's thoughts.
"You know, she used to live in the house next to us. My sister was best friends with her and she often came over because her parents were pretty horrible. Always fighting, they forgot all about her and every now and then they would punish her for nothing with no pocket money or house arrest. Just because it made them feel like they were taking care of her then. Probably she was right to leave, but she had no right of taking my sister with her! My sister died of pneumonia, alone in the streets. And I know that Macy's the f*cking b*tch responsible for that!"
"Booker", interrupted Fuller cautiously. "Mind your hate a little; okay?"
"She was thirteen for god's sake", continued Booker. "Macy should have known what it means to live on the streets. It's no big party, she should've known that!"
Again Fuller interrupted Booker's feverishly talk. "As should your sister"
Dennis stopped for a second. "But my sister had nothing to run away from! Macy just talked her into it because she needed someone to be on her side!"
Doug swallowed uncomfortably. "But don't you feel sorry for Macy? She had nobody, she needed your sister, and she didn't force her to come with her! If Macy's parents were really horrible, then what should she have done?"
Booker shrugged. "Not run away. Running away is no solution, she could've waited until she turned 16, get a job and move out. Tolerate her parents' idiocy"
Doug nodded but then he disagreed anyway. "She needed someone to be on her side and you all could have been more supportive but you weren't. But however this is, you have no right to intimidate Macy that much!"
"Intimidate her!" Booker laughed without humour. "She gives a shit about me. She doesn't even flinch when I look at her. She doesn't fear me in any way"
Now Fuller and Doug were completely on one side. "She might play it off in front of you or sometimes even in front of us, but, jeez, Booker, you scared her dead"
"Nonsense"
Doug smiled a little, and then he mumbled "How about we turn the mirror to glass, so we can see Tommy and Macy?" Before anyone could count to three he went out and joined the other ones. A little bit uneasy Fuller pushed the button to make the mirror go to glass on one side, and also turned the microphones on.
"Macy, Fuller wants you and Booker to have a talk"
Macy yelped a little then she shook her head. "No, thank you"
"This was no question, it was an order", Doug insisted and acted surprised when he saw, how tightly Macy clutched Tom's fingers.
"Come on girl!" he then teased "You are not afraid of him, are you?"
"Doug", the girl whispered "When he touches me I feel like dying. I can't even look at him. He had a gun. That's all I can think now. He wanted to kill me. I'm not going to face him, Doug, I'm sorry, but I can't"
Behind the mirror Booker looked surprised and concerned at once. Doug had meanwhile dragged Macy out and when he opened the door she suddenly tried to stand up. "So?", she asked, and her voice was only shaking a little. "What am I supposed to say? Sorry? I ain't saying sorry Fuller. He tried to kill me, he should be sorry. Especially when my gang hears about that"
"Macy", Booker interrupted. "I saw you through the mirror before. You coward"
