Chapter 3-Regaining A Friend
Megan couldn't believe it. She sat in the car with Don and David on the way to the prison, and yet it couldn't be happening. This was what they all had been waiting for; an explanation! Something to set Colby free…
…something to bring him back to them.
They reached the prison and the three walked in silence. They barely spoke to each other as they turned in their guns and showed their badges at the gate. And not-so-peaceful quite surrounded them as they sat in the interview room; waiting.
A buzzing sound signaled them coming. Them; Colby and an officer…
"Fifteen minutes," the officer said, locking the door. Megan turned and saw the officer taking the cuffs off of Colby. He hadn't seen them yet. When he turned and saw his once-friends, four jaws dropped to the floor. Colby was obviously surprised to see them, of all people, the ones he had betrayed.
Don, David, and Megan on the other had, were shocked at how much Colby had changed in the last 16 weeks. The once very handsome man that had been their friend now stood before them looking worn and tired. His deep blue eyes were faded and dark, and his famous smile was merely a shadow on his face.
"Come to see me before I get the needle?" Colby asked, his voice raspy. The other three were silent. Suddenly, Don spoke.
"Marissa told us everything." Colby looked as if he was going to fall on the floor.
"Everything?" he asked.
"Everything," Megan confirmed.
"About how you lied to protect your sibling, that you'd do anything to protect them…" David said.
"How you'd get the needle for him…" Don whispered under his breath. Colby didn't move; he just stood there, stunned. "Colby, you were on our side the entire time, weren't you?" Don asked. Please say yes! Please say this was all a fluke!
Colby nodded. That's all he could do was nod because the second his head went up and down once, Megan screeched and hugged Colby so tight his ability to breath was gone. But that was okay, because she trusted him again. They trusted him again.
"Time's up!" the officer said. Colby looked at the others confused.
"We have to get Jackson here and booked before we can release you," Don said. "Until then, everything is going to go according to the original plan."
"Even…" Colby stuttered.
"Even the death sentence. But don't worry buddy," David said. "We won't let that happen. Jackson is as good as guilty." Colby smiled for what felt like the first time in months.
"See ya soon Granger," Megan said, poorly hiding the tears in her eyes. "We'll work on you getting back on the team when this is all over." Colby smiled a bit more, squeezed Megan's hand, and turned back to put on his bracelets.
He was smiling all the way back to his cell, and only when the door closed did he realize what they had said.
Jackson…?