Chapter 28
Matt heard Corinne's voice as soon as he entered the doors of the office. He immediately ran to where she was standing shocked by the phone as the police man ran out of the office talking furiously through a cell phone.
"Oh my god, Matt, I think he just killed Ben!"
"What?!" He grabbed the phone she had dropped and heard another shot ring out.
"Shit! Corinne who was that?"
"It was the father of the girl who got raped last night. I...I didn't know what to say...oh god, he won't go to jail will he? He can't....he was doing....I don't know...."
"Come on, let's go to the police station and find out what's going on."
They quickly drove to the police station only to be told to go straight home by the cops as they rushed out of the office. Matt, never one to steer clear of action immediately followed the slew of cop cars to their destination, which to both Matt and Corinne's amazement was the abandoned house about two houses away from her own house.
"Stay here," Matt said to Corinne as he unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car.
"Officer, what's going on? Is he dead?"
"Sir, please steer clear of this area." Matt was pushed out of the way by two officers as they dragged out a stretcher from the house.
Matt stood back then saw that they had pulled out another stretcher as well. He knew that it could only mean one thing, that the father had turned the gun on himself after shooting his daughter's rapist. He shook his head, said a prayer in his mind and walked slowly back to his car where Corinne was sitting, hand gripped tightly and head bent in prayer.
"Corinne, I think they're both dead." He said quietly.
She didn't say anything, but just reached for his hand and held it tightly as the sounds of the ambulances and sirens blared through the quiet neighborhood.
Matt heard Corinne's voice as soon as he entered the doors of the office. He immediately ran to where she was standing shocked by the phone as the police man ran out of the office talking furiously through a cell phone.
"Oh my god, Matt, I think he just killed Ben!"
"What?!" He grabbed the phone she had dropped and heard another shot ring out.
"Shit! Corinne who was that?"
"It was the father of the girl who got raped last night. I...I didn't know what to say...oh god, he won't go to jail will he? He can't....he was doing....I don't know...."
"Come on, let's go to the police station and find out what's going on."
They quickly drove to the police station only to be told to go straight home by the cops as they rushed out of the office. Matt, never one to steer clear of action immediately followed the slew of cop cars to their destination, which to both Matt and Corinne's amazement was the abandoned house about two houses away from her own house.
"Stay here," Matt said to Corinne as he unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car.
"Officer, what's going on? Is he dead?"
"Sir, please steer clear of this area." Matt was pushed out of the way by two officers as they dragged out a stretcher from the house.
Matt stood back then saw that they had pulled out another stretcher as well. He knew that it could only mean one thing, that the father had turned the gun on himself after shooting his daughter's rapist. He shook his head, said a prayer in his mind and walked slowly back to his car where Corinne was sitting, hand gripped tightly and head bent in prayer.
"Corinne, I think they're both dead." He said quietly.
She didn't say anything, but just reached for his hand and held it tightly as the sounds of the ambulances and sirens blared through the quiet neighborhood.