3 - The Victim
"Oh my God!" said a male voice. "Ricardo what have you done!?"
Ricardo stared at his victim. "Oh my God it's Maria."
"Maria are you with me" Eric asked leaning down near her.
"Yeah. I'm.. just. my arm." she fainted.
"She's bleeding badly!" Eric yelled. "Get some bandages, now!" he barked forgetting Ricardo was slowed down by his wheelchair.
Eric pulled out his portable police radio and requested 911 as Ricardo wheeled his way towards the first aid kit.
Just then Antonio and Gabi walked in.
*You're late,* Ricardo thought.
"Oh my God, Maria!" they both cried leaning down.
"What happened to her?" Antonio asked.
"Give her some air!" yelled Eric gruffly. Gabi and Antonio stood back. "You're brother, Ricardo, shot her" he said.
"Ricardo *why*" said Antonio.
"I think that bullet was meant for you or me," said Gabi holding Antonio's arm. "Or both of us."
Ricardo glared and fumed at them both. The paramedics rushed in before he had to chance to get some bandages.
At the hospital, Ricardo, Gabi, Antonio, and Eric waited in the hall. Eric continued to pace back and forth.
"You're really worried about my sister," said Ricardo.
"She's a great person, Ricardo, and she's always been kind to me."
"Thank you," said Ricardo.
Suddenly Annie rushed in. "Thanks for calling me, Spencer I can't believe my best friend got shot!"
"By her big brother," muttered Ricardo.
"What? Are you serious Ricardo?" said Annie.
"I'm afraid so," he sad sadly.
Before Annie could say another word, Gabi spoke.
"Ricardo how could you even think of shooting me or Antonio?"
"You slept with my brother," he said.
Annie's ears perked up. "What?"
"It's none of your business, Annie" said Gabi.
"Well excuse me Miss I-Slept-With-A-Priest! But I'm Maria's best friend like it or not and I have a right to know why she was shot."
"I though it was Gabi," said Ricardo mournfully.
Suddenly Nurse Stacey appeared. "Tyus just removed the bullet from her arm and he says it's okay for her to have visitors."
"Oh thank God!" said Annie "Let me through!"
"Not so fast!" said Nurse Stacey. "Ricardo, Maria has something that she wants to say to you."
"Oh my God!" said a male voice. "Ricardo what have you done!?"
Ricardo stared at his victim. "Oh my God it's Maria."
"Maria are you with me" Eric asked leaning down near her.
"Yeah. I'm.. just. my arm." she fainted.
"She's bleeding badly!" Eric yelled. "Get some bandages, now!" he barked forgetting Ricardo was slowed down by his wheelchair.
Eric pulled out his portable police radio and requested 911 as Ricardo wheeled his way towards the first aid kit.
Just then Antonio and Gabi walked in.
*You're late,* Ricardo thought.
"Oh my God, Maria!" they both cried leaning down.
"What happened to her?" Antonio asked.
"Give her some air!" yelled Eric gruffly. Gabi and Antonio stood back. "You're brother, Ricardo, shot her" he said.
"Ricardo *why*" said Antonio.
"I think that bullet was meant for you or me," said Gabi holding Antonio's arm. "Or both of us."
Ricardo glared and fumed at them both. The paramedics rushed in before he had to chance to get some bandages.
At the hospital, Ricardo, Gabi, Antonio, and Eric waited in the hall. Eric continued to pace back and forth.
"You're really worried about my sister," said Ricardo.
"She's a great person, Ricardo, and she's always been kind to me."
"Thank you," said Ricardo.
Suddenly Annie rushed in. "Thanks for calling me, Spencer I can't believe my best friend got shot!"
"By her big brother," muttered Ricardo.
"What? Are you serious Ricardo?" said Annie.
"I'm afraid so," he sad sadly.
Before Annie could say another word, Gabi spoke.
"Ricardo how could you even think of shooting me or Antonio?"
"You slept with my brother," he said.
Annie's ears perked up. "What?"
"It's none of your business, Annie" said Gabi.
"Well excuse me Miss I-Slept-With-A-Priest! But I'm Maria's best friend like it or not and I have a right to know why she was shot."
"I though it was Gabi," said Ricardo mournfully.
Suddenly Nurse Stacey appeared. "Tyus just removed the bullet from her arm and he says it's okay for her to have visitors."
"Oh thank God!" said Annie "Let me through!"
"Not so fast!" said Nurse Stacey. "Ricardo, Maria has something that she wants to say to you."