Note: The rating still applies. Hope you enjoy! Sorry it's so short. Next one will be longer, hopefully…J
"Cruz, it's me." I replied to her dryly. Ray dug his gun further into my flesh, finding a tense spot, I flinched. "Bosco…it's Bosco." I continued trying to get the tension off me; it hurt like a bitch already without the pressure.
"Yeah…I know." Maritza said wryly into the receiver, her voice on the edge of annoyance and aggravation "I left you a message when I got out."
"Err…I didn't go home yet." I muttered after a moment thinking how I was going to play my cards and clue her in to what was going on. "How you holding up?" I asked trying to sound concerned, maybe to get on her good side.
"Fine…where are you?"
"Uhh…" I hesitated nervously not knowing what to say. "I'm at Haggerty's. Yeah…getting a drink."
"Oh? I thought you were going to stop by at the end of shift. It's nearly one and you woke me up." She said irritated by me waking her up most likely. Well, I would be too at 1 in the morning.
"Yeah…umm how bout you meet me at the corner of King and Arthur? We can grab a drink and then go to my place." I choked out hopefully feeling damn guilty for what I was doing. I prayed in my mind that she wouldn't buy it and refuse to leave.
"Umm…Bosco…its 1 in the fucking morning. You want to meet me now?"
Damn it! Say no, you won't meet me and hang up! "Err...yeah...I need to talk to you, Ritza at 10:13" I gagged out as the gun inched deeper into my skin. I bit my tongue holding back a groan from the pain.
"What?" She asked quickly, "10-13?"
"Yes, Cruz, 10:13 in the morning…you can leave my place at 10:13! Cruz! 10-13!" I yelled as the phone was ripped out of my hand and fell to the floor, the gun now in the center of my forehead.
"What the fuck you doing Boscorelli? You talking some code or something?!" Ray yelled. "I don't like smart ass's like you! You know what I do with smart asses huh? You know what I do with um?" Holding my breath I knew pretty well that if I pushed this Ray guy over edge, I was a dead man.
"No…no…I was being honest…Really I was. I know, I know, you kill them! You fucking bastard!" I cursed at him at the top of my lungs grinding my teeth in frustration. Please Cruz, be listening. Don't hang up!
"Yeah…you're right! I shoot there brains out!" Ray yelled back at me before whacking me over the back of my head roughly and walking away.
"Now what Ray?" Freddie asked stupidly again hovering in the corner.
"Come on Freddie, let's go pick up the tramp." He said and with that he was gone. Freddie looked at me and disappeared soon after. If Cruz still was on the line, he was damn stupid to not check the phone. My eyes darted to the phone a few feet away and then back to the door. I could hear a loud car start and I tried to reach for the phone with my free hand before tipping the chair slightly and leaning back not wanting to be flat on my face when the jackasses came back. Jag off forgot to tie my hand back too!
"Cruz! Cruz! Damn it!" I cursed. "Don't go there! Don't fucking go!" I screamed once I was pretty sure dumb and dumber were gone. "Don't go…" I said lowly to myself before rolling my head back and staring at the ceiling. Nothing else could be done, everything was out of my hands, and I felt, so helpless. Everything was caving in, my world, my reality, my existence.
TBC…
