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Chapter three
Charlie groaned as the door bell sounded out throughout the house, she had just gotten changed and literally gotten into her bed, the sheets hadn't even warmed to her yet. With a frown she grabbed her silk robe, wondering who would be ringing the door bell at this time of night.
She hoped they would take the hint and leave quickly, she longed to catch up on her sleep, work had been crazy the past two weeks as she worked the murder cases, often working so much overtime that going home for a shower and to change her smelly, creased uniform for a fresh, clean smelling one, even to herself seemed a little pointless, it was getting to the stage where she was considering buying a wardrobe for her office and just keeping her clothes there instead.
As she opened the door she instantly fell into the dark brown eyes that gazed at her with an element of surprise. She could feel her heart beating wildly in her chest as she stood rooted to the spot staring into the eyes that seemed to pierce straight into her soul. She stumbled to find some words to say as she realised she stood staring at the brunette from her crime scene earlier that day.
"Charlie" The voice was so frail that it barely penetrated Charlie's ears, but it did, Charlie's heart flipped when she realised the source of the voice, instantly tearing her eyes away from the beautiful stranger and allowing them to fall on her sister who lay broken in the young girl's arms.
"Ruby! What the hell happened?" Charlie's voice was full of panic as she gazed back up at the stranger hoping for an answer, instead of waiting for Ruby to provide one herself.
"Ouch my head really hurts, please don't yell Charlie" Ruby groaned softly as she tried and failed to lift her head from the chest that was unknown to her, she tried to look up at her saviours face but the light from the ceiling stung her eyes and forced her to nuzzle her face back into the strangers chest instead.
With a sympathetic yet anxious smile Charlie edged away from the door, signalling with her hand for the stranger to enter the house, closing the door softly behind her and with worry followed her.
After her silent invite to enter the house by the beautiful woman, whom she figured due to Ruby's dazed comments was called Charlie, Joey stepped inside with Ruby in her arms, she smiled slightly as the young girl cuddled into her to block out the light of the room.
Charlie edged in front of her and led the way into the living room, without much attempt to stop herself, Joey admired the slender and beautiful body which was only concealed behind a silk robe as she followed her.
Laying Ruby carefully on the couch she stepped away, watching intently as Charlie sat down beside Ruby and checked the bump that was beginning to protrude from the younger girls head.
After noticing the wince her sister emitted upon her touch Charlie repeated her earlier question hoping to get an answer this time.
Ruby mumbled softly, most of it was incoherent but Charlie picked up on the gist of it. "So scared... two guys... scary... chasing me... laughing... scary... trying to catch me... run as fast as I could... fell... hit my head... don't remember..." She reached up her own hand to tentively feel the bump causing her so much discomfort, cringing once more as her fingers connected with it.
After realizing Ruby wasn't in as bad a shape as she had first thought, Charlie turned her attention to the stranger who stood watching her actions with her sister; she gazed at her with a tinge of confusion in her eyes, wondering how she fit into Ruby's rambled unsure tale.
The moment their eyes connected she felt herself falling into them once more, shaking herself before she forgot about the task in hand she asked her question again to the stranger who stood in her lounge.
Joey felt her throat dry slightly as she wondered what she should tell Charlie, allowing herself to only occasionally glance into the deep blue pools that stared inquisitively at her, awaiting her response, she cleared her throat and began to speak quietly.
"Well ehh I saw two guys chasing her down the boardwalk by the beach, when she fell and hit her head on the concrete. I yelled out loud and ran towards her and the guys got scared and ran away I guess. I found her address in her purse and carried her home. Ehh I think she might have hit her head quite hard, she was out of it for a moment"
While reeling of her story to Charlie she cursed herself for it being the best she could come up with on the spot, but she doubted Charlie would believe her had she confided the truth to her, so thought it best to tone the tale down slightly. She didn't want this beautiful woman thinking she was completely insane, she hoped that Ruby wouldn't remember any more of the details once her head had stopped hurting.
"Oh my god, Rubes are you ok?" Charlie instantly turned her attention back to her sister, she felt herself pale as the panic rushed through her body. The only response she received was more incoherent mumbling that she could only assume was about her head hurting.
"Right, I'm going to ring Rach and get her round to take a look at you" Charlie smoothed Ruby's hair careful not to touch the bump that began to look angrier by the minute.
She stood from the sofa, heading towards her bedroom to retrieve her mobile, suddenly stopping she turned to the stranger. "Thank you so much for helping my sister, after I have called my friend I would like to talk to you about these guys, get their description from you so I can do a search on the police database for them, do you mind hanging around a little longer?" Charlie smiled softly, instantly realising she hadn't yet been introduced to the woman that had just saved her sister from god knows what "I'm Charlie by the way, what's your name?"
After a slight hesitation Joey found her voice "Joey, I'm sure I can hang around a little while" She instantly felt the panic begin to rise inside her, she wasn't sure whether she could carry on her little white lie.
As Charlie left the room to grab her mobile Joey felt her panic intensify, she wasn't sure if she could look deep into the blue pools that were Charlie's eyes and lie straight to her face, sure she had just lied to her but that was slightly different, it was in the heat of the moment, what if the beautiful Charlie found out what Joey really was, what really happened, how would she react if she discovered Joey's secret, discovered what she was capable of and how closely she was linked to her sisters injuries and the deaths of the other women.
Without a second thought Joey spun on her heel, rushing back into the kitchen, swinging the door wide open she fled down the few steps onto the balcony and broke into a run, she allowed herself to force all her strength and stamina into the run, within seconds she found herself back at the beach, looking out at the moonlit waves once more as her mind screamed all kinds of thoughts.
She closed her eyes tightly, willing her mind to calm down, to think rationally and work out how she was going to get out of this mess she had found herself in.