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Chapter 10

As promised, Wendy dropped me off outside of her complex. This is very nerve racking for me, but I'm going to get through this and ask the girl out. I knock on the door and Nichole opens it. "I thought you were in jail..." She states, geez what a greeting.

"I was, I'm out now. The charges were dropped." I explain to her.

"So why are you here?"

"I..." I think for a moment. "I wanted to offer my condolences to you and Heidi. You two have lost two roommates and I'm sure that's hard on you."

"It is..." We stand there in awkward silence for a moment.

"So...can I come in?"

"I guess..."

I follow her inside and see Heidi sitting on the couch on her iPad. "Cartman's here." Nichole tells her.

"Hi Cartman." Heidi greets me.

"Hey, how are you holding up?" I ask her as I sit down beside her.

"I'm ok, I just miss my roomies..." She doesn't really seem that broken up about it.

"Yeah, it's unfortunate what happened to them."

"I didn't think you cared..." She gives me a suspicious look.

"Why wouldn't I?"

She shrugs. "I guess because it was believed that you were the killer."

"Well it turns out that I'm not. I couldn't kill anyone in jail."

"I guess that's true. Thanks for coming to check on us." She tells me kind of brushing me off.

"Anytime..." I put my hand on top of hers. She looks down at her hand and looks at Nichole and then at me.

"Cartman...your hand is on mine..."

"Is that a problem?" I smile at her.

She looks down at my hand then back at me and smiles. "I guess not."

"Good. I was wondering if maybe you want to go out sometime?"

She raises her eyebrow. "Why?"

"Why not?"

"Won't Kenny be upset?" Wow, that's a first. Usually the hoes Kenny's involved with could care less about what he thinks.

I shrug. "I'm not planning to tell him, are you?"

"I guess not. So when do you want to go out?"

"How does tomorrow night sound?"

She thinks about it for a moment. "That sounds good, where?"

Nichole walks over to us. "Cartman, do you mind if I borrow Heidi for a second?" She asks.

I shrug. "That's fine."

She drags Heidi into a bedroom and closes the door. I decide to eavesdrop. "Remember he was accused of murder..." I hear Nichole tell Heidi.

"But he didn't kill Wendy since he was in jail. He's more than likely innocent of the other murders too." Thank you Heidi for taking my side.

"Are you sure you really want to go on a date with him? I would be worried if I were you." Fuck you bitch! Maybe I should be worried about you.

"Nichole, it's fine." I'm glad she has her own mind.

"Then I'm coming with you guys."

"Why?" I agree, why?

"Just to be on the safe side."

"I think Cartman might be offended."

"I'm sure he'll understand given what's happened within the last few weeks. If he doesn't, who gives a shit? I'm worried about you. I don't want to lose anymore roommates."

"That's so sweet that you care! Fine, I'll tell him you're coming with us."

I quickly move back to the couch as they sound like they're coming out of the room. I pull out my cell phone and pretend like I'm looking at apps on my phone. They walk out of the room whispering amongst themselves.

Heidi looks at me and clears her throat. "Cartman, I will go out with you tomorrow, but only if Nichole comes too."

"That's cool. We can go down to Stark's Pond."

"Stark's Pond?" Nichole repeats. "Why not somewhere romantic? You need to learn how to take a girl out." She laughs, but I know she meant what she said.

"Well I figured if it's going to be the three of us, we might as well do something less…formal." I lie.

"Stark's Pond is fine Cartman." Heidi smiles.

"Great, do you guys want to meet there around 7?" I ask.

Heidi and Nicole exchange looks then look at me. "That's fine Eric." Heidi responds smiling.

"Great…" Watching the two of them look at me has completely made this thing extremely awkward. "So, yeah…umm…I guess I'll see you ladies tomorrow."

"See you!" They say in unison as I leave. I head out of the complex and get back in the car with Wendy and she quickly pulls off.

"So, did you get her to agree to going out with you?" Wendy asks.

I nod. "The only thing is, Nichole is coming too…"

"That's perfect!" Wendy grins.

"It is…?"

"YES! That's another witness! You need as many as you can get."

"What if Stan decides to kill Nichole and Heidi?" I suggest.

"Cartman…" She shoots me a warning look.

I forgot she doesn't like me accusing her precious Stan of being the killer. "Sorry, what if the "killer" decides to kill both of them?"

"I won't let that happen." Wendy states confidently.

"How are you going to prevent it?"

"Stop asking questions, just know I'll handle it if things get out of pocket."

I shrug. "If you say so. Just remember three women are dead and one guy is in a coma…" I remind her. "Were you able to prevent those?"

"I wasn't there when they happened, you fucking smartass! I'm trying to help you here!"

"I'm just saying bitch…"

"Bitch?" She brakes angrily. "Ok, you know what? Forget it! I don't want to help you anymore! I'll let the police know I'm really alive! You can have fun in jail fat ass!"

"Ok, ok. Calm down hoe!" She shoots me another warning look. "Sorry all right, damn!"

"That's more like it!" She smiles proudly and continues driving.

I roll my eyes. "So what's next?"

"I'm going to take you back to your apartment. Let me know if you have any Valium left because you're going to need it for your date tomorrow."

"So what if I black out?"

"I want to see what happens when you do so the Valium is very important."

I nod. I'm still not 100 percent sure about this idea. I'm hoping we finally catch the real killer once and for all, but I'm nervous about the possibility of sacrificing not one, but two women to catch this asshole. I hope Wendy's right, I hope she can prevent them from getting killed. I'm not 100 percent though…