I stare at the blood stain on the wall that someone tried to cover with a crudely drawn picture "That's not obvious" I mutter to myself.
Connor follows my gaze and stares at the wall with interest "Hm, I wonder who did that?"
"Rocco did" Murphy says
"Poor kitty" I say
Not long later the phone rings and Murphy grabs it quickly.
"Hello?" Murphy says into the phone anxiously.
I press myself closer to Murphy to hear what is being said "Murph."
"Hey, Roc. You okay?" Murphy says with relief
"Anybody call for me?" Rocco asks
"No, man. Are you sure you're okay?" Murphy asks with concern
"I'm fuckin' fine. I'll catch you on the flip side." Rocco replies and hangs up.
"He sounds okay" I say reassuringly and rub the back of Murphy's neck. Murphy's the more sensitive one out the two.
The door bursts open and giggles fill the room. I snap my head around to see two women fall into the flat. They look at us briefly but I'm not one hundred percent sure they can actually register that we're here. Both girls stumble through to the living room and are out in a matter of seconds.
"So, which one's Donna?" I ask
"The Brunette" Connor replies
"She okay?" I ask
"Who fuckin' cares" Murphy replies.
I look at him surprised, it's the first time I've seen him show no concern for a woman "I thought you two were all chivalrous and shit"
"She's a lost cause, Rhi" Murphy says
I stare at the girls and shake my head "Why do people do it?"
"Do what?" Murphy asks
"Drugs" I reply
I see Murphy and Connor exchange a look. Connor pulls me onto his lap and wraps his arms around my waist tightly "People are stupid, love."
I look at Connor and smile "Baby, I'm not retarded. What I mean is, people know what drugs do to them. They know that it could kill them, get them in trouble, but they still do it"
Connor raises his hand to my cheek and rubs his thumb in circles over it "What is it with you?"
I frown "What do you mean?" I ask feeling offended,
I jump as Murphy moves my hair to expose my ear and kisses the scar "He's right. After everything you've seen. You're still so innocent"
I scoff "I'm not innocent"
"Aye ya are" Both boys say
"What is it with you two? Honestly! One minute I want to slap ye silly and the next ye make me feel all mushy inside." I say with a shake of my head.
Connor kisses me gently "That's 'cause you're in love with us"
Murphy grips my chin and turns my head to face him and he kisses me "And we love you too"
I feel a lump in my throat and push Murphy away playfully then stand from Connor's lap "Stop it, you guys are gonna make me cry. I don't like crying! I get all puffy"
Murphy laughs and grabs a cigarette and a lighter. The lighter doesn't work. He sighs and heads over to the stove. I sit back onto Connor's lap as he opens the case of money.
"Fuck, we could live a good while on that" I whisper in his ear.
He nods "Aye, that we could"
The door bangs open loudly and I jump with a scream. Rocco flies through the door screaming "Pack your shit! Pack your shit! We gotta get out of here! We gotta get out!"
Rocco grabs a bag and starts trying, and failing, to shove his vinyl records into it.
"What the fuck are you talkin' about?" Murphy asks him
I stand slowly and Connor mimics my movements.
"I killed them! Oh, Jesus, I killed them all!" Rocco yells
"Just calm down. Tell us what happened." Murphy says trying to stop Rocco running around
"No!" Rocco yells
"Rocco!" The girls shout from the other room
"Calm down, man." Connor says walking over to Murphy's side
"Fuck you!" Rocco yells at him, waving an iron in his face "You start gettin' excited, motherfucker!" He storms into the kitchen "We gotta go!"
"Rocco!" The girl's shout again.
"Well, how many were there?" Murphy asks
"Fuckin' hurry the fuck up!" Rocco yells and leaves the kitchen and comes over to the table I'm standing next to and starts shoving stuff into the bag.
"All right! I love this shit!" Murphy yells
I put my hand on Murphy's chest "Not helping, honey"
"What the fuck is wrong with you, Roc?" Connor asks, the voice of reason
"The cocksucker sold me out!" Rocco screams
"Didn't I tell you, Roc? Did they pull on you first?" Connor asks loudly.
"What am I doin'? I'm in it at Lakeview!" Rocco says, regret all over his face
Connor looks frustrated and worried "Lakeview the deli, Roc?"
Murphy hits Connor's arm and shouts "Looks like we got us a new fuckin' recruit."
"Murphy!" I snap. He just grins at me.
"Rocco!" The girls scream
"What?" Rocco screams at them angrily.
They both sit back "Where's my cat" Donna asks
"Are you fuckin' serious?" I mutter.
Rocco drops the bag in his hand and advances into the room while my boys pack up behind me "I killed your cat, you druggie bitch." Rocco snaps
"God. Why?" Donna asks
Connor grabs my arm "Rhi, grab your bag!"
I wave him away "In a minute, shits getting good over there"
"What? I felt it would bring closure to our relationship." Rocco spits at Donna
"You killed my..." Donna trails off and looks confused
"Your what?" Rocco asks "Your fuckin' what?" He flips the coffee table "Your what, bitch?" Rocco pulls out his gun and holds it to his head screaming "I'll shoot myself in the head if you can tell me that cat's name! Go ahead! Your what? Your precious little..."
"Skippy. Skippy." Donna says quickly.
"Oh, Jesus. What colour was it, bitch?" Rocco snaps
"Rhi, bag!" Connor shouts.
I run over to the chair my bag is on as the blonde girl shouts "Don't you fuckin' yell at her like that, you prick!"
"Shut your fat ass, Rayvie!" Rocco shouts as I check my duffle for my clothes and guns "I can't buy a pack of smokes without runnin' into nine guys you fucked!"
I shoulder my bag and look into the living room to see Rocco holding his gun in the blonde girl's face. I run over and take the gun away from him.
"What the fuck are you doing? Don't wave your gun in her face like that!" I snap at him.
"What do you care, Cat! You don't know the bitch!" Rocco shouts.
"Don't call me Cat" I shove his gun into his chest and push him towards to door "Move it"
"Let's get the fuck outta here!" Murphy says and holds onto my shoulder as we exit the apartment.
We head out of the apartment building quickly "Those rat fucks! All of them were all laughin' at me, man." Rocco says, still pissed
"Are you sure you killed them, Roc?" Murphy asks
"Fuckin'-A right I did. I had a goddamn turkey shoot over there." Rocco says
We get to a car I don't recognise and Rocco gives Connor the keys. I follow Connor to the boot with the bags as Rocco tells us how he went into the deli, some of the guys he knows told him it was a set up and they knew about it before he even went in. Then he killed the guys and the bartender.
"Listen, Roc, did anybody see ya?" Connor asks
"Fuck, man, I might as well have gone around postin' flyers. Right out in public, man." Rocco says, still panicking.
Connor all but shoves me into the back seat of the car and climbs into the driver's seat
"Liberating, isn't it?" Murphy asks
"Let's fucking go!" Connor yells
"You know, it is a bit." Rocco says climbing in beside me.