City of Lost Angels
Chapter Seven
Everyone walked into the restaurant. They were seated fifteen minutes later. After everyone ordered, conversation was made. The food was brought out and then the conversation resumed. Jocelyn sat at the end of the table sipping her water. She wasn't really hungry and didn't feel comfortable eating out. She hadn't eaten at a restaurant in a while and it was bringing back memories.
"What's up?" Letty whispered from her seat next to Jocelyn.
Jocelyn shook her head and took another sip of her water.
"You're not eating again."
"Letty..."
"No, you listen. This has gone far enough. I want you to get help, Jocelyn. Something's wrong with you, and we need to get it fixed."
"Nothing's wrong," Jocelyn replied.
"Then why aren't you eating?" Letty countered.
"Maybe I'm not hungry," Jocelyn snapped.
Letty rolled her eyes and continued to eat. Jocelyn sighed. She had always hated fighting with Letty. She looked up from her plate and found Vince watching her. She smiled slightly before standing up.
"I need to use the restroom," she muttered before walking off.
Once she was inside the safety of the bathroom, she locked herself in a stall. Jocelyn put the lid to the toilet down and sat on it. She put her head in her hands. Memories came flooding back.
Jared motioned for Jocelyn to sit in the seat in front of him. Once she did, he took her hands in his.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Jocelyn, the police have reason to believe that the bomb was also meant for you," Jared replied.
"What?"
Jared nodded.
"Why?" she asked.
Jared shrugged before saying, "We don't know."
Jocelyn's eyes started to water. "You don't know?"
Jared shook his head.
"We'll have to put you in Protective Services for the time being. It's just a precaution," he said after a moment or two.
Jocelyn took her hands from his and ran them through her hair.
"How long?"
"A couple of months. We have to make sure that you aren't in any danger."
Jocelyn nodded.
"Have you informed his family?" she asked.
"Yes, we have. The funeral is going to be tomorrow. But there is one thing…"
"What?" Jocelyn asked.
"You won't be able to go to it."
"What!"
"The people who planted the bomb might be there. They might try to kill you. We can't let that happen."
"You're keeping me from his funeral because of something somebody might do?"
Jared nodded.
"That's ridiculous," Jocelyn spat before she jumped up from her chair and stormed out the APD Precinct.
"Jocelyn," Jared screamed.
Jocelyn pretended not to hear as she walked out of the front door.
A knock interrupted Jocelyn's thoughts.
"Jocelyn?" a male's voice called through the door.
Jocelyn stood up and unlocked the stall door. She then walked over to the bathroom door and opened it.
"We're leaving," Vince said.
Jocelyn nodded and walked out of the bathroom. The two joined the team and walked out of the restaurant. Letty tried to talk to Jocelyn, but she ignored her. Vince opened the door to the car for Jocelyn before getting in the car himself. The ride home was a silent one.
As they crossed the highway, Vince took a different exit than the team.
"Where are we going?" Jocelyn asked.
Vince reached over and turned his cell phone off. "I figured that you didn't want to go home quite yet."
Jocelyn smiled and said, "Thanks."
"No prob."
"He's not answering his phone!" Letty practically screamed as she paced back and forth across the living room.
"Calm down Letty," Dom said as he tried to stop her pacing.
"I can't Dom!" she screamed.
He raised his hands in mock surrender.
"Why not?" Leon asked from the floor. He was playing the Playstation 2 with Jesse.
Letty sighed and sat on the couch next to Dom. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to him.
"Right after Carter's death she quit eating. She also started to have really bad nightmares. The nightmares got so bad that she stopped sleeping. Then my mom visited her and found Jocelyn in the bathroom. She had tried to kill herself by slitting her wrists. Mom immediately got her an appointment with a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist put her on some meds to help her depression. She got better and finally was able to get off the medicine. But lately, the dreams have been coming back and she has stopped eating. I'm scared that she's going to try to kill herself again, and that she'll succeed this time."
The room was silent. Dom tightened his grip on Letty.
"Wow," Mia said.
"Yeah, wow," Leon agreed.
"So you guys see why I can't calm down."
"I'm sure that V will take good care of her," Dom said reassuringly.
"I sure hope so," Letty said as she laid her head on Dom's chest.