How Can Loving You Be So Wrong? Part 14

Kara

 I lose it and I reach in the cocktail table drawer where we keep our gun and I unload the pistol.   When I look, Craig and the man is down. I am shaking uncontrollably and I don’t know what to do. After all, how much can a woman take? I never thought this would happen to me. When I look at Oprah and Tyra, I sit there and say those women are fools for putting up with the abuse and cheating. Yet I find myself in the same situation and to be honest maybe my situation is worst. I allowed Craig to have me and other men.  I allowed Craig to bring his boy toys home and fuck them in our bed.  I allowed Craig to beat me till I was black and blue.  I allowed it and I put up with it so I guess I am the fool.

I scream out for Craig and I get no response. God, what have I done?  God forgive me.  As I put the gun to my head I put my finger on the trigger and proceed to pull the trigger back and I say a prayer. When I pull the trigger nothing happens. There are no bullets left in the gun. As I reload the gun, all of a sudden the phone rings.  I look and it is Juan.   I answer and tell him that I think I killed Craig and some other man.  He tells me that he is going to call 911.  A few minutes later I can hear sirens coming.  Juan calls back and says, "Don’t worry. I am on my way.  Don’t say anything to the police.  If they start asking you questions tell them that you want to speak to your lawyer first."  Juan said he is bringing a lawyer friend of his with him. I tell him I am scared and I don’t know what I have done.

A few minutes’ late police are kicking the door in and they tell me to put the gun down. I can hear them but I can’t move.  I am in my body but it is not responding to my commands. I am sitting there rocking.  I hear the police say we have two down. One police officer asks if I can hear him and I just kept rocking. He walks over slowly and takes the gun out of my hand. All of a sudden there are people all over the house, I hear them say we are losing him; we will need to Medevac him out of here.  I am not sure who they are talking about.   I can’t see who is.  I start screaming, "Craig, where are you?" and I get no answer.

I am hysterical.  One of the detectives walks up and introduces himself as Detective Johnny Holmes Longhorn. He asked me what happened and just before I say something Juan and his attorney friend show up on the scene. She introduces herself as my attorney Sonja Natasha Taylor, Esq. She informs Detective Longhorn that I will not be answering questions and then she calls for medical attention. She says can’t you tell this women is in shock, and I start crying again. She then asks that I be transported to the Greater Sinai Hospital. She said that Doctor Lavern Lee would meet us there and she would let Detective Longhorn know when I would be available for questioning. As they load me in the ambulance, Attorney Taylor reminds me not to say anything.

Juan

I ask Detective Longhorn, how are the two men that were accidently injured?  He says first, we have not ruled that it was an accident. He goes on to say that I have never seen an innocent person hire a lawyer so fast. But to answer your question, I just received word that one of the men died on the way to the hospital. I ask which one and he says he is not sure. At this point I almost faint.  I ask what hospital did they take the two men and he says South Point City Hospital. I am glad Sonja decided to drive. I tell her I am going to check on Craig and that I would meet her at the hospital with Kara later. I drive off and rush to Craig’s side. When I walk into the emergency room it is full to the brim with church folks. The word was out and the saints were holding a prayer meeting in the ER.

The doctor walks in and tells Craig’s sister that he is sorry he died on the way to the hospital. The ER turns into total chaos; people are falling out and crying in unbelief. He then asks if Jill could identify the body, she ask me to accompany her. This has to be the longest walk I have ever taken. So many thoughts are running through my head. What about the twin? What about Kara? What the hell happened? Should I have made love to Craig one last time? We arrive at the room where Craig’s body lies. His body is covered with a blood stained white sheet. We stand at the head of the body and the doctor pulls back the sheet and Jill faints. I look and start laughing. This is laughter of relief.  This is not Craig’s body. Wow, we let the doctor know that this is not Craig and he apologizes profusely. He says that this man had Craig’s wallet in his pants pocket.

Jill asks where Craig is. The doctor informs us that there was another man that came in at the same time with no identification. He then takes us to the intensive care unit. We look, and it is Craig. The Doctor informs us that he is in a coma and paralyzed from the waist down. He says that he will need surgery because there is a bullet resting on his spine and the bullet would have to be removed. He goes on to tell us that even if the bullet is removed he cannot guarantee us that he will ever walk again. He asks us to go back to the ER and he would come get us in a few minutes. When we get back to the ER Jill announces that Craig is not dead and there is total pandemonium in the ER. People started leaping, dancing, shouting and speaking in tongues. Damn you know that you cannot take church folks anywhere.

Jill asks me what happened and I tell her that I am not sure. She begged me to tell her what has been going on and I told her that Craig and Kara have a lot of secrets and I guess she decided that she could not take anymore. I love them both and feel like I am in the middle of this. "So", Jill asks "are you and my brother lovers?" My face hits the damn floor and I say pardon me, she says that her brother tells her everything, well that is almost everything.

To be continued…

Malek aka MA