The Three Matchmakers

Chapter 13: The Heart To Heart

As soon as 1:30 rolled around and the store was locked up for the day Seymour sprinted up the street to go talk to Audrey. He knocked on the door of Ronnette Chiffon and Crystal's apartment and Ronnette answered. The four girls were sitting on the couch watch a soap opera on tv.

Seymour was beginning to realize how much their own lives were turning into a soap opera.

"Audrey, can I talk to you a second?" he asked

Audrey looked up from the tv screen and noticed the anxious look on her boyfriend's face.

"Sure. Let's go into the bedroom."

They went into the guest bedroom where Audrey was sleeping and closed the door behind them.

"What's wrong Seymour? You look really distressed." Audrey was very concerned.

'You're not going to like what you're about to hear.' Seymour thought to himself.

"Orin broke into the store and robbed us last night around 11:30 and the front window Is now completely damaaged."

Audrey sat in shocked silence not knowing exactly what to say at first.

"Was anything stolen?"

"He had an alternative key made for the cash drawer and stole $350. A few flower pots were also broken."

Audrey had so much anger toward Orin.

"What happened next?"

"I called the cops and he is in jail. For now… my concern is how long he will stay there before he tries to break out and do more damage to the store."

Audrey lost all her composure and burst into tears.

"Oh Seymour, I knew something like this would end up happening since I broke up with Orin. I have put you and Mr. Mushnik in such a horrible position. I'm so sorry."

Seymour pulled Audrey close to him and rubbed his hands up and down her back comfortingly.

"Audrey, you shouldn't be blaming anything on yourself. Orin's only intent is to try to get back together with you and neither of us will let him get near you. He's instilled so much fear and anxiety in you and in both me and Mr. Mushnik . Mr. Mushnik and I are not only concerned for you but for the safety of the store."

"I love you so much Seymour,"

"I love you too baby, more than life."

Audrey nuzzled against Seymour's chest.

"What's going to happen next?"

"That's actually what I came to talk to you about. We have some options to discuss."

"Like what?"

"Either place a donation jar so customers can donate money to get the window fixed or consider moving uptown."

"How much will it cost to repair the window?"

"We're estimating close to a thousand dollars maybe a little more..less than half of that is going to be covered by the insurance."

"Have you guys thought of a sizeable amount of money for people to donate?"

"I was thinking $15 but we should discuss it with Mr. Mushnik."

"Why would he consider moving up town?"

"Too much crime in this area. He's afraid that Orin could rob us again and there so much other crime in this area. He doesn't think it's safe to work in this neighborhood anymore."

"But what about the girls?"

"We can always visit them on the weekends and they can come visit us."

"When would we move?"

"After the holidays at some point."

"How can you be positive that Orin won't be able to find us there?"

Seymour had not considered this.

"I'm not sure."

Seymour and Audrey sat together in silence for an extended period of time.

"Audrey, I think I might be going insane from all this craziness with Orin."

"How so?"

"Maybe I was hallucinating but I could have sworn Audrey Two spoke to me and asked me to feed Orin to it."

Audrey's hand flew to Seymour's head like it was burning up.

"Seymour, plants definitely can't talk. You're letting all this stress get to you."

"But I mean if the plant really does feed off human blood do you thinking killing Orin would be a worthy investment? "

Audrey was pensive.

" Well, if you think about it he has caused a lot of anxiety since the break up with threatening to burn the store down but then again I don't want either of us to be charged with murder. "

"Valid point, we're the only employees Mr. Mushnik has."

Audrey kissed Seymour on the lips softly.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, okay?"

Seymour nodded.

However, no matter how crazy Audrey thought he was, feeding Orin to Audrey Two wasn't such a bad idea. It would alleviate all the stress in the current situation. Killing him would be the difficult part though. They both were wondering if the could deal with the guilt that comes with murdering someone.

"Far from Skid Row, I dream we'll go somewhere that's green."

Somewhere That's Green from Little Shop of Horrors

"If you want a rationale it isn't very hard to see, come and think it over pal the guy sure looks like plant food to me." Feed Me Git it Little Shop of Horrors

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