Marie had looked at the clock to see that it was 9:30, so she scrambled to get up and get ready for the day, she had to meet Marina at the cafe at 11:30. She got dressed at stumbled down the stairs in her ampartment building, she checked her phone to see that it was 11:11. She called a taxi and begged for the driver to drive her to the cafe. Clearly the driver was in a good mood. She got to the cafe at 11:25 five minutes early, she payed the driver the $45 and dashed to the door. She put her hand on it and put her head down to try and catch her breath.
"Marie you alright?" Marina asked.
"Yes I'm fine," Marie responded. Then Marie noticed something about Marina, she was wearing shades.
"What is with the shade?" Marie asked.
"Ohhh," Marina hesitated, "Nothing... Nothing at all." Marie immediately became suspicious, she knew that there was going to be a reason as juicy as a New York steak.
"Marina, seriously what is with the shades?" Marie asked seriously.
"Nothing, I swear," Marina responded.
"That is as bull as sheldons girlfriend," Marie replied more suspicious than Sherlock homes. She flipped the glasses off to see one eye blacker than ashes.
"What happend?" Marie asked.
"Pearl keeps beating on me," Marina responded as she broke into tears.
"Look it's fine Marina, you can just stay at my place until it blows over," Marie replied.
"No," Marina responded, "I can't or she will kill me."
"Oh my," Marie replied.
"Hey Marie," Matt spoke from across the room.
"Not now Matt," Marie responded.
"Is it something to do with off the hook?" Matt asked.
"Yes," Marina replied, "Pearl keeps using me as her punching bag."
"Yes that is all the evidence that the International inkling intelligence agency needs," Matt responded more joyous than a kid on Christmas.
"Wait you work for the I.I.I.A?" Marie and Marina asked in sync.
"No, but my non-biological brothers do, and they have been on this case for months," Matt replied.
"So Pearl is going to jail?" Marina asked.
"No she is going to be killed," Matt responded, "Oh, I have to get back to work, see you Marie." Marie and Marina both didn't know what the fuck just happened, but they didn't care.