Brrriiiinggg. Brrriiiinggg.
Susan answered the phone on the second ring.
"Hello? Sure one second. Here she is." Susan said and handed the phone to Abby. The two were eating breakfast and drinking coffee.
"Hello?" Abby answered.
"Abby? It's me. How are you?" Luka asked.
"Uh, I'm fine. How did you know I was here?"
"I asked the nurses."
"Oh."
"Did you sleep well?" Luka questioned.
"Actually yes." Abby asked, still puzzled about why Luka had called.
"I just called to tell you that Brian turned himself into the police this morning."
"Wow. Just like that?"
"Yeah, I guess he realized it was a better idea." Luka said without telling Abby the whole truth.
"Well that's good news. Wait, hold on one second, there's another call coming through." Abby said to Luka and switched to the other call.
"Hello?"
"Miss Lockhart?"
"This is she."
"This is Officer Andrews from the Chicago Police Department. The man who supposedly attacked you turned himself in this morning. We need you to come down to identify him."
"Uh, sure. Did he tell you why he decided to turn himself in?"
"Sorry, he really hasn't said much of anything. He was bleeding pretty badly when he showed up though and it looked like he had been smacked around a little bit. He keeps ranting something about a crazy foreigner." The officer replied. Abby went white as this information processed in her head.
"Thank you Officer. I'll be down there as soon as I can." Abby said and waited a second before switching back to the other line.
"Abby you there?" Luka asked.
"Oh, uh, yeah. Um, Luka?" Abby asked, glancing behind her to see what Susan was doing before walking towards the other room.
"Yeah?"
"That was the police telling me that he turned himself in."
"Do you have to go identify him?"
"Yeah. They said he's in kind of bad shape and he looked like he had gotten beat up." Abby said.
"Oh? Well he must have upset someone."
"Yeah, he must have." Abby said sarcastically. "Why did you do it Luka?"
"Abby, you should be happy that he turned himself in and you can be finished with him."
"Luka I don't need you to watch out for me behind my back!" Abby said, trying to keep her voice down in order to avoid Susan hearing.
"You don't have anyone else watching out for you. I thought I was doing the right thing. I still care about you. "
"I care about you too, but getting in the way of my problems isn't going to help anything."
"He wouldn't have turned himself in if I hadn't." Luka retorted.
"That's not the point." Abby said angrily. "The point is we need to move on with our lives. I'm not going to depend on you and you can't depend on me. We aren't in a relationship anymore."
"Maybe we were wrong about that."
"We weren't anything. You broke up with me!" Abby exclaimed.
"I have to go." Luka said suddenly.
"Okay then."
"Bye." Luka said and hung up.
Abby put the phone down and shook her head in disgust and in a moment returned to the kitchen.
"Sorry." Abby apologized to Susan.
"No problem. If you don't mind me asking, what was that all about?"
"Luka went and knocked Brian around. It was just so typical of him it's nauseating."
"What do you mean?"
"On our first date, he killed someone."
"Wow."
"The guy was trying to steal my purse and Luka pried the pipe out of the guys hand and started beating him over the head with it and then beat his head into the ground. Luka is...Luka's just...intense." Abby tried to explain.
"How long were you two together?"
"A year. We broke up in October." Abby said. "Luka always wants to help everyone, no matter what the consequences are. He's saving the world one person at a time."
"You don't seem like the type of person who'd take that for a long time."
"I was fine when it was spending extra time with a bishop, or helping a child, but once he moved up to French waitresses, I drew the line." Abby said, suddenly starting to giggle.
"Whoah. This one I have to hear."
"The night we broke up we went to this restaurant and this waitress was all over him. Needless to say it didn't take long after I was out of the picture for them to get together. Then he got her pregnant."
"Luka's going to have a child?" Susan asked incredulously.
"Uh no." Abby said, suddenly becoming silent and serious at the same time. Susan got the message and didn't ask any more questions. Finally, Abby spoke again.
"What time are you on?"
"Um, not until tonight. I wasn't even supposed to be on last night. Kerry made sure I was the only one who didn't get sick."
"You didn't eat the bagels either?" Abby asked smiling. They were suddenly interrupted by a loud knock on the door.
"I wonder who that could be." Susan said as she walked towards the door. She looked through the peephole and then gave a quick glance to Abby before opening the door.
"Where is she?" The man said, storming through the door. Suddenly he caught sight of Abby and stopped dead in his tracks.
"It's not as bad as it looks." Abby said quietly.
"Like hell." He said, growing angrier and angrier.
"John........."
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Susan answered the phone on the second ring.
"Hello? Sure one second. Here she is." Susan said and handed the phone to Abby. The two were eating breakfast and drinking coffee.
"Hello?" Abby answered.
"Abby? It's me. How are you?" Luka asked.
"Uh, I'm fine. How did you know I was here?"
"I asked the nurses."
"Oh."
"Did you sleep well?" Luka questioned.
"Actually yes." Abby asked, still puzzled about why Luka had called.
"I just called to tell you that Brian turned himself into the police this morning."
"Wow. Just like that?"
"Yeah, I guess he realized it was a better idea." Luka said without telling Abby the whole truth.
"Well that's good news. Wait, hold on one second, there's another call coming through." Abby said to Luka and switched to the other call.
"Hello?"
"Miss Lockhart?"
"This is she."
"This is Officer Andrews from the Chicago Police Department. The man who supposedly attacked you turned himself in this morning. We need you to come down to identify him."
"Uh, sure. Did he tell you why he decided to turn himself in?"
"Sorry, he really hasn't said much of anything. He was bleeding pretty badly when he showed up though and it looked like he had been smacked around a little bit. He keeps ranting something about a crazy foreigner." The officer replied. Abby went white as this information processed in her head.
"Thank you Officer. I'll be down there as soon as I can." Abby said and waited a second before switching back to the other line.
"Abby you there?" Luka asked.
"Oh, uh, yeah. Um, Luka?" Abby asked, glancing behind her to see what Susan was doing before walking towards the other room.
"Yeah?"
"That was the police telling me that he turned himself in."
"Do you have to go identify him?"
"Yeah. They said he's in kind of bad shape and he looked like he had gotten beat up." Abby said.
"Oh? Well he must have upset someone."
"Yeah, he must have." Abby said sarcastically. "Why did you do it Luka?"
"Abby, you should be happy that he turned himself in and you can be finished with him."
"Luka I don't need you to watch out for me behind my back!" Abby said, trying to keep her voice down in order to avoid Susan hearing.
"You don't have anyone else watching out for you. I thought I was doing the right thing. I still care about you. "
"I care about you too, but getting in the way of my problems isn't going to help anything."
"He wouldn't have turned himself in if I hadn't." Luka retorted.
"That's not the point." Abby said angrily. "The point is we need to move on with our lives. I'm not going to depend on you and you can't depend on me. We aren't in a relationship anymore."
"Maybe we were wrong about that."
"We weren't anything. You broke up with me!" Abby exclaimed.
"I have to go." Luka said suddenly.
"Okay then."
"Bye." Luka said and hung up.
Abby put the phone down and shook her head in disgust and in a moment returned to the kitchen.
"Sorry." Abby apologized to Susan.
"No problem. If you don't mind me asking, what was that all about?"
"Luka went and knocked Brian around. It was just so typical of him it's nauseating."
"What do you mean?"
"On our first date, he killed someone."
"Wow."
"The guy was trying to steal my purse and Luka pried the pipe out of the guys hand and started beating him over the head with it and then beat his head into the ground. Luka is...Luka's just...intense." Abby tried to explain.
"How long were you two together?"
"A year. We broke up in October." Abby said. "Luka always wants to help everyone, no matter what the consequences are. He's saving the world one person at a time."
"You don't seem like the type of person who'd take that for a long time."
"I was fine when it was spending extra time with a bishop, or helping a child, but once he moved up to French waitresses, I drew the line." Abby said, suddenly starting to giggle.
"Whoah. This one I have to hear."
"The night we broke up we went to this restaurant and this waitress was all over him. Needless to say it didn't take long after I was out of the picture for them to get together. Then he got her pregnant."
"Luka's going to have a child?" Susan asked incredulously.
"Uh no." Abby said, suddenly becoming silent and serious at the same time. Susan got the message and didn't ask any more questions. Finally, Abby spoke again.
"What time are you on?"
"Um, not until tonight. I wasn't even supposed to be on last night. Kerry made sure I was the only one who didn't get sick."
"You didn't eat the bagels either?" Abby asked smiling. They were suddenly interrupted by a loud knock on the door.
"I wonder who that could be." Susan said as she walked towards the door. She looked through the peephole and then gave a quick glance to Abby before opening the door.
"Where is she?" The man said, storming through the door. Suddenly he caught sight of Abby and stopped dead in his tracks.
"It's not as bad as it looks." Abby said quietly.
"Like hell." He said, growing angrier and angrier.
"John........."
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