Enjoy, and please review. I love hearing what readers have to say. Good or bad! Thanks
Fallen
#17
The drive home was a blur. My mind was racing; not only did I find out from a stranger that Scofield had gotten married, my next potential informant had gotten his throat slit! Sucre had better have valuable information for me, or else I'm screwed.
I unlocked the front door, threw my keys on the table, and made my way to the basement. As I passed the upstairs bathroom I could hear the water running, so I knew that someone was in the shower. I walked down the stairs and into the basement to see Veronica sitting on the couch enthralled in some papers, while L.J. sat on the floor playing video games, completely oblivious to the world around him. Or so I thought. "Hey Cal!" he said not taking his eyes off of the T.V. To be honest, I don't think he even blinked! "Hey, Jr." I replied. Veronica went to say something to me, but before she could I pointed to the kitchen, indicating for her to follow me in so we could speak in private.
"What's up?" she asked. "We've got some problems." I said as calmly as I could. She gave me a questioning look, "What do you mean?" "Someone tried to kill John Abruzzi." "When? How?" she asked in a frantic tone. "About an hour ago… Slit his throat." I said emotionlessly. It wasn't that I didn't care that someone had tried to kill him; it was that I was still trying to sort all of the day's events out in my head. Veronica looked at me eyes wide, "Is he going to make it?" "I doubt it." I answered truthfully. There was a pause, "You said "problems". Was Sucre no help?". "Sucre was the only thing that went even remotely well today!". "Then what is it?" she asked. "I met Kellerman and Hale this morning…Oh yeah, and you never told me that Scofield got married!" I exclaimed voice rising. She gave me a confused look "He got what!" "You don't have to lie to me, Veronica! It's already out in the open!" "Cali, I swear to you. I had no idea. You know that if I had known I would have told you! Where did you get that from anyway?" she asked. "The prison doctor." I said angrily.
Nick had just gotten out of the shower and gone downstairs to see L.J enthralled in a video game. He could hear Veronica and Cali in the kitchen, but couldn't hear what they were saying. He headed toward the kitchen. "I wouldn't go in there if I were you!" L.J said, eyes still glued to the television. "What?" Nick asked slightly startled that L.J knew what he was doing. "They're arguing." He informed him. "About what?" Nick asked. "No clue, I just know that if there are two sisters that you do not, under any circumstances, want to get between, it's those two. It's much safer out here with the T.V. and couch, but if they're in there much longer we might starve!" L.J. finished in a serious tone. Nick laughed and made his way to the couch, where according to L.J, he would be safe. Shortly after, Cali stormed out of the kitchen, Veronica on her heels. "Where are you going?" Veronica shouted after her enraged sister. Without missing a beat Cali replied "Out!" and was gone.
Sucre had been quiet all night, "You okay?" Michael asked concerned. "Fine." Sucre assured him. "You sure?" Michael asked not believing that he was indeed "fine". "Can I ask you something?" Sucre asked looking over the side of the top bunk. "Sure." Michael answered waiting for the question. "You're here because Sinks innocent right?" Sucre asked. "No, I'm here because I held up a bank." Michael answered technically. "You know what I mean! You see, there's someone who says that they need to know something that I know, and I think that if I give them what they want they will be able to help me with Maricruz. I just don't know if I should give them that information." Sucre explained to the best of his ability. "Does this information have to do with our plan?" Michael asked. "Of course not Fish! This person is a friend of a friend, and there is some concern that this friend is going to do something dangerous and this person wants to know what that might be so that they can, I don't know make sure things don't go badly or something." Sucre explained getting more confused by his story than he had imagined. "So you want to know what? If I would give that information up, in order for help with Maricruz in return?" Michael asked. "Yeah," Sucre said. "Which is more important to you? This information or Maricruz?". "Maricruz." "Then there's your answer." Michael said. "Thanks papi." Sucre replied before lying back down. He didn't like that he was lying to Michael, or the fact that he was going to reveal the plan, but you gotta do what'cha gotta do, right?