Showdown

I spent the next days going after labels, I had to do something, I had a CD to release.. Some of them gave me a little hope, now I had to wait for a contact.
After 5 days doing that, I got home exhausted. I sat on the bed and got my back pack to look for some numbers of labels I had got. I got a folded paper in there, I didn't know what it was. When I opened it, I remembered. It was what I had written to Anne. I felt like crumpling the paper and throw it away, but instead, I got my guitar and spent almost 2 hours trying to make a melody. When I did it, I saw it wasn't worth it, I crumpled the paper and threw in the back pack again.

I looked inside it, and saw the Friends DVDs I had bought Anne a while ago. I thought about giving it to her in Sao Paulo, but there wasn't time…. I threw it inside again, didn't know what I was gonna do with that…

Next day, I continued my search for a label. In the middle of the afternoon, my cell rang. On the screen, "Sis". I considered not answering it, I stared at the screed, took a while to decide, but then I answered.

"Say it, Anne."

I felt her hesitation.

"Hi, Dave... I called because I wanted to talk to you… can you come over?"

So, she was back.

"Oh, so you're back from Brazil?"

"Yeah... today... can you come?"

I was going to say it wouldn't be possible, that I was busy, that I didn't give a damn about what she had found out…

"Okay, I'll stop by before I go home."

And I hang up.

I went back home much later, I almost went straight home, but I stopped by Anne's. I rang the doorbell, she opened the door and I got in with my head low, didn't wanna look at her. I decided to be ironic. I asked if she wanted to accuse me of being a bad influence. She took a deep breath, said Matt had told everything and she knew I was innocent. I wasn't gonna let her go with it.

"I'm glad he did, it was the least he could do... I hope you believed him, at least."

"Why are you using this tone, David?"

Like she didn't know.

"Don't be ironic, Anne! You treated me as if I was a drug dealer, with no chance to defend myself! I thought, for all those years of friendship, that I could count on you, but I was wrong…"

She took another deep breath…

"You didn't even give me a chance to beileve in you, David. What did you want me to think? You show up with drugs, out of nowhere, and doesn't give a reasonable explanation! You went all the way to Brazil after me and didn't say anything, I wanna know from you, why?"

Ok, here we go...

"Why? Did you gave me a chance to explain what happened? You threw in my face that I was a bad influence to your brother! Holy Matt, he didn't do anything wront, poor guy! I lost the courage because I knew you'd be mad at him, and despite of everything, he is your brother, I didn't want that… I thought it was better if he told you when he had the chance and if he wanted to, beucase then you wouldn't acuse me of making things up, he'd be the one to tell you everything… At least now you believe it? Or do you think Matt made all this up to cover up for me?"

She looked down, and whispered...

"Of course I believe you..."

I'm not moved.

"That's good to hear. I'm afraid it's a bit too late, though."

She stared at me.

I stared at him.

"What do you mean, David?"

I was decided.

"You didn't believe me. I can't let this go. I was a mess in this cell, dirty, my body was hurt, I could barely stand up… and I felt as if you were stepping on my stomach, you looked at me as if I was an outlaw, you didn't even bother asking if I was guilty or not… I can't let it go that easily… I'm sorry Anne, but I need to take a break… from you."

I saw tears rolling down her face, and she didn't say anything. I tried to stay cool. Actually, I decided to humiliate her a little bit more. At that moment, she deserved. I got my back pack, took out the DVDs and threw them on the table.

"I had bought this for you. I always knew you loved it, I thought you'd like to have it, I was going to give you this in Sao Paulo. But I didn't have the chance… do whatever you want with this."

I got my pack from the floor to make a dramatic exit, but the damn pack was opened and everything fell off. Awesome, David. I quickly got everything and left without looking at her.