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Cindy stood perfectly still. There were no words in the English language to describe what she was feeling. It tore at her to see Jimmy in such a compromising position. He looked so helpless, and shocked that a friend would betray him like that.

She could almost hear the quickening pace of Jimmy's heart. She listened intently to the few words that Jimmy managed to utter.

"Why are you doing this?" he asked, his voice caked in fear.

Cindy's eyes widened. She had never seen Jimmy mored scared than he was at the moment. In fact, now that she thought about it, she'd never seen him scared before. Even when they were being held hostage, he'd kept his cool through the whole thing. Even when he'd wrestled the gun from Patrick's grip, he'd done it without showing so much as a glimpse of fear.

Gabby sighed and said, "It's simple. You killed my father."

Jimmy couldn't hide his surprise. "So Cindy was telling the truth?" he asked, more calmly, now.

"What do you mean?" asked Gabby, clearly confused.

"She told me. She said that Patrick was your father, and I didn't believe her. I thought that there was no way you were related to such a monster." he replied.

"Don't talk about my dad like that!" screamed Gabby, jabbing the gun further in his face. "So, that brat thinks she knows everything. . . " she growled.

Jimmy was mad now. "And, you don't talk about Cindy like that." he demanded.

"Oh, I really don't think you're in a position to tell me what I can and can't do. I'm the one holding the gun, not you! I can't wait to see the look on Cindy's face, when she finds out that I shot her boyfriend. It's going to break her heart." replied Gabby.

"What do you have against Cindy?"

"Although you're the one who actually pulled the trigger, I know it was partly Cindy's fault that my dad was killed. I want to make you both pay. You, by taking your life. Sure, that's terrible, but I think Cindy's getting the worse end of the deal. She's going to have to go through life knowing that it's her fault I killed you. She's going to have to live without you for the rest of her life, and that's one of the worst punishments. . . to live the rest of your life without the one person you love the most." said Gabby.

"Like Patrick and you? You really loved your father didn't you?" asked Jimmy, clearly trying to avert the conversation away from the topic of Cindy.

"Yeah, I did. He was the only person I had left. My mother ran out on us, and he raised my by himself. I looked up to him! And you took him away from me!" yelled Gabby, tears now forming in her eyes.

" I had to!" countered Jimmy. " He was going to shoot Cindy! What else was I suppose to do? Just let her die? Like you said, I would have rather got shot then go the rest of my life without her." he said, looking at the floor.

"Dad would have never shot her! He wouldn't have! How can you say such things about him? You barely knew him." replied Gabby, the tears now pouring from her eyes.

"Have you even heard the whole story? Your dad held us hostage! He was robbing a bank! Would a wonderful person do that? I don't think so!"

"Exactly! He wouldn't have done it. He couldn't have."

"But he did!" said Jimmy.

Cindy had heard enough. She knew the smartest thing to do would have been to went and gotten help, but she was afraid that she would have been heard, because her crutch made much noise as she walked down the hall. Being in the hallway, there would be nowhere to hide, and she would most likely be shot. Instead, she spoke.

"Jimmy's telling the truth." she said calmly.

"Cindy! What are you doing?" asked Jimmy, surprised that she had been there the whole time.

"I'm returning a favor." she said with a sad smile.

"Good. Now I won't have to tell you about killing him. You can witness it first hand, and that will be even worse." said Gabby, not turning towards Cindy, in fear that the gun would be taken away from her.

Cindy slowly walked with her crutch around Gabby and stood beside Jimmy.

"You have to believe us." she said simply.

"I can't!"

Then, Cindy had and idea.

"What if I have proof? Proof that your father held the whole bank hostage. Then, you have to agree to let us go, and leave Retroville for good. " said Cindy.

"Alright. If you can prove it, then I'll leave you alone." said Gabby.

Jimmy gave Cindy a questioning look, as she took his hand.

"Follow me." she said.

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I know that was a little short, but the next chapter will be longer.

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