She stood by the front door crying. I closed the car door and ran up to her. She hugged me and sobbed, her hands were shaking, her whole body was shaking, and she started hyperventilating, there was blood all over her, my white robe was now stained red. She fainted, I called 9-1-1 as I held her on the doorstep. As the paramedics came and grabbed her from my arms I couldn't stop asking "Is she shot?", "Is she shot"?
The police officers put me in handcuffs, "shit, fuck", My thoughts were running wild. They put me in the back of the car, while a police officer stood by the car, I laid my head back and closed my eyes, more tears coming from my eyes. The cop closed the door. I looked back out the window, my eyes widened as I saw a white sheet over a body. I couldn't breathe anymore, everything went pitch black. When my eyes finally opened, I found myself in an interrogation room, wearing a shirt and jeans. I heard the door open as a police officer stood by the door, "We're ready to escort you to the hospital let's go".
I was confused, the last thing I remembered was the dead body. I didn't ask any questions, as soon as I arrived at the hospital I ran to her room. Her eyes were open. Cops were around her. She sat up with puffy red eyes, and she had bandages wrapped around her waist.
"What happened"?!
"Nothing happened".
She held a blunt with her right hand after she took a smoke her voice sounded empty, I knew what to do whenever she sounded like that. I walked over to the right side of the bed, and I hugged her, while she held the blunt in her hand. I felt her heart skip a beat. "Burn me... if that's what you have to do. Set me ablaze, Sayo, because I'll hold you as long as I can... as tight as I can until you want to let go", I whispered. I felt her trembling, then she started to whimper, then she dropped her blunt and started sobbing, she squeezed me as tight as she could. The blunt had turned into ash before it reached the ground. The officers sat there and watched, as I saw from the corner of my eye. She then started to sob the words " I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for what I did to you".
I whispered in her ear "it's okay".
I held her for the longest, I smelled the residue of gun powder on her body. I knew how she felt. I wanted to kiss her so badly. But, I reminded myself about what Leon told me. She fell asleep in my arms. I laid her down gently on the hospital bed. The male officer looked at me and said: " You should go, home son, we'll take over from here."
"What's going to happen to her, where is her mom?"
"Deceased, her mother is deceased. She's 16, and according to state laws and her background information, she can fend for herself, so I recommended she stay somewhere for a little while before we clean up the crime scene. The bullet only grazed her, she only needed a few minor stitches. She can leave as soon as she wakes up."
"Okay. Thank you, sir".
"No problem".
The officers left the room. I hated to wake her out of her slumber so soon, so I sat in the chair and started to doze off, anxious for morning to come.