Author's Note: Saavik typed this one, so you'll have notice by the
spelling mistakes… LOL kidding. Enjoy…
Chapter 12: True Feelings
"I guess we will then," Ardelia laughed. She led John to her bedroom, and then went into the bathroom to wash up. When she emerged, John was lying in her bed, relaxing, and waiting for her.
Just as Ardelia sat down on the edge of the bed, John's cell phone rang. "Jones here," John answered his cell. It was Gus. "What are you doing? I've been trying to contact you." Gus grumbled angrily.
"Me? I'm still with Ardelia. Why?" John asked, excusing himself silently from the room.
"Well don't get too comfortable around her," Gus said in a quiet voice. "We suspect that the suicide note was a set up, John. Ardelia might have murdered Starling." Gus proceeded to inform John about the evidence against Ardelia.
Neighbors had seen someone, the previous night, grab Clarice's wrist while she was sleeping, and then drag her out of the house, and drive away in Clarice's car. They didn't come back.
"She's not that kind of person," John whispered loudly into the phone. "She's nice. She cares about everyone and everything." John hung up the phone before Gus could get another word in, and walked back to Ardelia's room.
"Who was that?" Ardelia asked. She was concerned. "That," John said in an annoyed tone, "was Gus."
There was silence. Ardelia broke it. "What did he want?"
"I shouldn't say," John looked away. Ardelia moved up to him and hugged him, just as he had her, earlier. "You can tell me, I'll understand," she tried to offer the same comfort he had shown her. "Well," he started, "Gus told me that there is evidence against you. They think you set up Clarice's disappearance."
John continued to explain to Ardelia everything that he'd been told. "I haven't known you long, but I know for a fact," John was saying to her, as Ardelia cried once more, "that you would never, in your life, try to hurt Clarice, or anyone for that matter."
John sat with Ardelia and held her until she fell asleep. He then tucked her under the blankets and watched her sleep. John wasn't going to let them take Ardelia away from him…
Chapter 12: True Feelings
"I guess we will then," Ardelia laughed. She led John to her bedroom, and then went into the bathroom to wash up. When she emerged, John was lying in her bed, relaxing, and waiting for her.
Just as Ardelia sat down on the edge of the bed, John's cell phone rang. "Jones here," John answered his cell. It was Gus. "What are you doing? I've been trying to contact you." Gus grumbled angrily.
"Me? I'm still with Ardelia. Why?" John asked, excusing himself silently from the room.
"Well don't get too comfortable around her," Gus said in a quiet voice. "We suspect that the suicide note was a set up, John. Ardelia might have murdered Starling." Gus proceeded to inform John about the evidence against Ardelia.
Neighbors had seen someone, the previous night, grab Clarice's wrist while she was sleeping, and then drag her out of the house, and drive away in Clarice's car. They didn't come back.
"She's not that kind of person," John whispered loudly into the phone. "She's nice. She cares about everyone and everything." John hung up the phone before Gus could get another word in, and walked back to Ardelia's room.
"Who was that?" Ardelia asked. She was concerned. "That," John said in an annoyed tone, "was Gus."
There was silence. Ardelia broke it. "What did he want?"
"I shouldn't say," John looked away. Ardelia moved up to him and hugged him, just as he had her, earlier. "You can tell me, I'll understand," she tried to offer the same comfort he had shown her. "Well," he started, "Gus told me that there is evidence against you. They think you set up Clarice's disappearance."
John continued to explain to Ardelia everything that he'd been told. "I haven't known you long, but I know for a fact," John was saying to her, as Ardelia cried once more, "that you would never, in your life, try to hurt Clarice, or anyone for that matter."
John sat with Ardelia and held her until she fell asleep. He then tucked her under the blankets and watched her sleep. John wasn't going to let them take Ardelia away from him…