Lucky Nine
By Breank
Chapter 6
Oh my God! It's not often you get two marriage proposals in a span of two days. Ranger still had his stunned look. Hell, I felt like I unmasked Batman. I wanted to laugh out loud. But then Ranger took a step forward and the look in his eyes made my breath stop.
"What if I mean it?" He took another step forward and instinctively I took a step back.
"W-what do you mean?" I could hear someone in the back of head screaming MORELLI!
"Would you have said yes to me?"
"I-I don't know."
"If I told you that I loved you and wanted to spend the rest of my life with you, would you marry me?" I looked at Ranger real hard. Was he serious? His face had returned to its unreadable state. Underneath Batman's mask is just another mask. I decided to play it safe and act like he might be joking.
"Well, if you put it that way, then ye—." Suddenly, Ranger tackled me to the ground. At first, I thought he was going to kiss me until I heard the very loud piercing scream and the single gunshot that silenced it.
Ranger was instantly on his feet with a gun in his hand. He told me to stay put as he snaked his way to the house. He peeked into the window and tried to open the door. I was already at his side as Ranger tried to pick the lock. He narrowed his eyes at my disobedience. I just smiled and waited until I heard a click and the door swung open.
The house was all quiet and dark. Ranger scanned the room. I imitated him as best as I could. Even holding my pepper spray the way he held his gun. It didn't take long to find Lindsay Morgan. She was sitting on the couch. She was perfectly still, with her eyes closed. I noticed a gun in her hand. Then I noticed the bloody hole at the side of her head. After that all I could think of was trying to calm myself. Lindsay Morgan had committed suicide.
I was leaning on the car watching a cop talk to Ranger. A few minutes later, I wasn't surprised to see Morelli make his way into the lawn. He was looking around and I knew that he was searching for me. His back stiffened when he spotted Ranger. I called his attention then. He turned around and his face softened at the sight of me. I ran to him and he held me in his arms.
"My FTA killed herself." He kissed my cheek and told me he knew all about it.
"Are you okay? You're not hurt?" I shook my head. He kissed me on the lips then held me an arm's length in front of him.
"What the hell is Ranger doing here?" In less than a minute, Morelli had been able to change his voice from sweet sounding to repressed-angry sounding.
"I tried to reach you, but you obviously decided not answer any calls today. So I called Ranger." I shrugged my shoulders and hoped that he'd calm down. Ranger was already making his way to the car. He stopped in front of us and nodded to acknowledge Morelli's presence.
"They want us to go downtown." Ranger took my arm and started to lead me to the car. I felt Morelli's grip tightened.
"Hold on a minute. She's riding with me." Ranger was about to argue with him when Morelli's phone started ringing. Both men were staring at each other, ignoring the annoying sound, and looking ready to shoot each other.
"Joe, answer your phone!" Morelli let go of me and answered his phone but he still kept his eyes on Ranger who still had his hand on my arm. Morelli's face darkened at whatever he was hearing on the phone. When the call ended he looked ready to break phone with his grip.
"Fuck. I have to go." He turned to me and gave me a knee weakening kiss complete with tongue and all. This time it was Ranger's grip that tightened on my arm. Morelli turned to Ranger and scowled at him. "Don't do anything stupid!"