Decided to force myself to update my soapy story. LOL!
As always, I'm grateful for the support.
I know a couple folks've been waiting for this, so, here it is.
Katherine stepped off the elevator in the building she now lived in. She'd planned to return home a little bit later, but, she'd changed her mind. She wanted to see how Rocky felt about maybe going out to dinner and a movie. Yeah. In the mood to do something completely normal for some reason. The blonde began thinking of possible movies as she turned the corner and headed up the hall to the apartment. Her lighthearted mood vanished when she saw two police officers standing in front of her open door... .
"You've got it all wrong!" Rocky was saying.
"Right. Sell me another one," one officer said dryly as Katherine quickly approached.
"Rocky! What's going on?" she asked, incredulous. "What are they doing here?"
"Who would you be, ma'am?" the brown-haired officer asked slowly.
"I'm his fiancee," she replied. "What's going on?"
"Well, your groom-to-be here tried to kill a woman," he said.
"What?" she exclaimed, her eyes wide.
"You might wanna cancel the wedding," the officer said smugly.
"It's Cait. They're trying to arrest me for attempted murder, Kat," Rocky explained. She looked at him- disbelief, shock and anger in her eyes.
"I can't believe she pulled something like this," Katherine said, her anger burning hotter. "What am I saying? Of course I can! She's a psychopath!"
"That's exactly what I'm trying to tell them," Rocky said. He looked at the unconvinced officers. "I didn't do anything. Caitlin used to be a friend of mine, okay? We casually dated. She wanted more and I didn't. My fiancee here happens to be pregnant and when Cait found out we were getting married, she pretty much went off the deep end."
"He's right. Rocky would never try to kill anyone," Katherine said, the fierceness in her voice surprising her a little. "This is all a setup."
"You honestly expect us to believe this soap opera-esque bull?" the brown-haired officer said.
"You really did a number on that woman. She's in the hospital right now suffering from that brutal beating and those stab wounds," the other officer said, shaking his head in disgust.
"She is out of her mind. She probably hurt herself. You can't put anything past her," Katherine said.
"We're not a judge or jury, lady," the taller officer said.
"You can't prove-" Katherine began.
"A friend of the victim certainly can," the officer snapped. Rocky and Katherine frowned in confusion.
"What fri-" they began in unison.
"You have the right to remain silent," the officer cut in sharply. Rocky said nothing as the guy began to cuff him. "If you choose to give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law-"
"This is all a mistake!" Katherine exclaimed.
"You have the right to an attorney. If you can't afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Again, you have the right to remain silent," the officer said.
"I'm coming with you," Katherine said to Rocky.
"No. No, Kat. You don't need any more stress. Help me by calling my parents," Rocky said as they began leading him down the hall. The sight made Katherine's chest tighten. He continued to speak to her. "Ask my dad to call Larry Pruitt. He's a lawyer and a friend of my parents'. Everything's gonna be fine. Don't worry. Everything's gonna be fine!"
Rocky was silently cursing when he and the jacka... officers entered the police station. Attempted murder. Saying that he was dangerously pissed would be understating. Of all the things for that loon to pull... . Never in a million years would he have thought something like this would happen to him.
Before he and the cops could take another step, a red-haired woman around his age came charging up to him out of nowhere. She looked furious and her eyes were all red, puffy... wild-looking. She began pounding him in the chest repeatedly.
"You bastard!" she screeched. "She might die! She might die!! Don't you have a soul!?"
One of the officers grabbed her and pulled her away. "Settle down, Miss Murphy."
"Are you serious? He tried to kill one of my best friends!" she shrieked, her chest heaving.
Rocky's eyes widened. So this was the friend. Murphy? 'Murphy, Murphy, Murphy...' He was trying to remember if Caitlin had ever mentioned anyone with that last name, but, he was drawing blanks. Of course, he couldn't really focus seeing as how he'd just been accused of a crime he hadn't committed and just been used as a punching bag by some random lunatic. He looked at her. "Murphy?"
She glared at him. "Tess Murphy," she snapped harshly.
Realization filled Rocky. Caitlin had mentioned Tess- several times. The two women had known each other since junior high. Rocky'd never met her- apparently.
Tears sprang to Tess' eyes. "I'll never forget tonight! My doorbell rang, I opened the door and... and... there she was on my porch. All banged up. Bleeding like crazy... . I don't know how she got there or where she was when you attacked her, but, I'm glad she made it to my house." She shook her head, then, hate filled her eyes. "I was horrified! I freaked. I asked her what happened and before she passed out, she said your name. You sick, twisted-"
"Hey, I don't know what happened to Cait, but, I was nowhere near her," Rocky said.
"Bull!" Tess screamed, then, tried to break free of the officer's hold. He tightened his grip. "You were pissed because she didn't want anything more to do with you! She told me all about it just a couple days ago. About how you wouldn't stop calling and pressing. You wouldn't let go- even though you're engaged to marry that girl you knocked up. You still wanted Cait to be some kinda mistress. You are so mesed up!"
Rocky was actually speechless. He was also amazed by what an incredible liar Caitlin was.
Tess was shaking violently. "Youre gonna pay. Especially if she dies. You're gonna pay! You're gonna pay! I hope they lock you up and swallow the key right in front of you, you sick asshole!"
"Maybe we should get you some water," the officer said.
"I don't need any freaking water! I need this night to have never happened!" she yelled. Then, she began sobbing explosively. Just like that.
Rocky looked at her in pity. Caitlin'd lied to one of her best friends. Then, his eyes narrowed. Unless this was part of the show. Maybe Tess was in on all this insanity. He watched as the officer led the hysterical woman over to a chair. The officer'd whom'd read Rocky his rights looked at the former superhero.
"Let's go," he said gruffly.
Just as he began leading Rocky towards the interrogation room, a blonde guy came running into the station. He looked around frantically, then, ran right up to Rocky- whom tensed.
'This better not be another psycho friend,' he thought, his jaw clenching. He really didn't need any of this crap right now.
The blond guy was breathing heavily. He looked deathly pale. "Are you Rocky?"
"Yeah... why?" Rocky asked suspiciously.
The guy took a deep breath and looked at the impatient police officer. "You... I can't... I don't know..."
"Who are you?" Rocky and the cop asked simultaneously.
"Rocky... there's something you should know," the guy said in a grim tone.