Wounded

My first peaceful night

     James's POV:

I was sitting in the living room looking into my phone. it was almost 10pm. Lauren came out of her room and sat on the couch next to the couch I was sitting on.  she was wearing a night gown, I'd bee lying if I said I didn't find her attractive, I mean she was beautiful. but something was off and fishy about her. I sensed it from the day 1 we met. I kept my distance from her cuz I thought it was inappropriate to have any relationship with my boss's friend. or whatever she was to him. 

I could feel her eyes on me but I didn't care. I was still looking in my phone. "make me a drink, please." she said, and I put my phone aside and went towards the drinks. "make 2 glasses." she said before I go to grab the drinks. I nodded my head and walked. I put the drinks in front of her on the table. "ice cubes." she said. I looked at her. and gave her "seriously?" look. she smiled at me and I went to brink ice cubes. "I brought the ice cubes and put it in front of her on the table and sat down at my place. she holding the drinks on her hands. she offered me one. "I'm only asking you to give me company for a drink, not for a life time." she said. I took the glass and we both started to drink. I finished the drink with three sips only. I was feeling dizzy and sleepy, my eyes started to get heavier in seconds. I rubbed my eyes, looked around and then I passed out.

       Lauren's POV:

After we came back home I wanted to go out for something but alone, but I can't cuz James will follow me everywhere I go. so I went to the living room and told him to make a drink for me and him, when he brought the drinks, I told him to bring ice cubes as well. he left and I added a sleeping pill in his drink and mixed it with my finger fast before he came back. I folded the drinks in my hand, and after he sat I offered him to drink. he hesitated at first but I told him I just wanted a company for drink only. he took the glass and began to drink, after that he felt dizzy and passed out. 

I put my drink on the table and got up and slowly went to him, I went to his shirt pocket to take his gun when I reached it he grabbed my hand. I jumped, he still was sleeping. I slowly pulled his hand away and sighed. I took his gun and the car keys and went to my room I changed quickly, and checked on James if he still was sleeping or not, and he was then I quickly left the apartment.

     James's POV:

After the drink I felt dizzy but not much to pass out, but I acted like I did, to see what Cleo is up to. she took my gun and left the apartment. I opened my eyes after hearing the door closes after she headed out. I checked my shirt pocket and I realized my car key wasn't there.

     ACP Kunal's POV:

as I told Mona, I went back home after midnight to pick her up. I rang the bell. she didn't open the door. "Mona... Mona." I yelled while ringing the bell. "I'm here to pick you up." I said. still she didn't answer the door. "what the f**k, has she gone deaf?" I said while taking out the spare key for the house from my pocket. I opened the door and stepped in. the lights were off. "Mona." I yelled as I put the keys back to my pocket. "Mona." I yelled again while walking towards the bedroom. I opened the door and saw Lauren was standing and Mona was passed out on the chair and she was pointing a gun on her head. I was shook.

    Lauren's POV: 

I went to ACP's house and ringed the bell his girlfriend opened the door quickly without question who it is. cuz she was waiting for Kunal to pick her up. after she opened the door I punched on her head with the gun and she passed out. I took her to the bedroom and sat her on a chair, pointing the gun on her head and the other hand was holding her arm. Kunal came and he was yelling for Mona. he came to the bedroom and was shook about the view in front of him. "sorry, she can't talk to you right now." I said. "you?" Kunal said in a shook. "yes, me, so you recognized me." I said. "I'm a police officer, I never forget a face." he said.

"Good, otherwise I would have taken my revenge, and you would be wondering who I am." I said. and raised one eyebrow. "that, wouldn't be fun." I added. "you think taking revenge from me is fun? you're avenging your husband's death by killing her." he said. "I know it won't matter to you if I kill her, but it'll create a scene. there will be investigation, and that's enough for me." I said. "congratulations." he said while clapping. " you made it this all alone." he added. 

"But you know, you made the biggest mistake by coming here. plus you pointing a gun at a police officer. the shock of you husband's death made you crazy." he said. "you haven't seen my madness yet." I said and throw his girlfriend to the wall. she hit here head and fell on the bed.

"why you bloody...." he was saying while coming towards me.

"Aae..." I said with waded eyes and pointing the gun at him. "you're a dead man, make a move and I'll shoot you, stay back... I said move back." I said while walking forward and he was taking steps back. "looks miss Lauren, please relax, you're mistaken about me. lower the gun, you sit down, and I'll sit too, let's sit down together, and clear this." he said with hesitation and fear in his voice. "you want to clear things?" I said. "yes." he said. "everything is clear in my mind like it all happened yesterday. "it's etched here." I said while pointing my fingers on my head. 

"I'm sure you remember miss Lauren, I helped you out in every way I could. I even investigated this case on your insistence." he said. "yes, I remember." I said while nodding my head up and down. "you thought me that how to witness and an evidence is required for an investigation, otherwise, the case remains stashed away in the files." I added.

"What do you mean miss Lauren?" he asked. "anyway, let it be, forget it. let's decorate the crime scene." I said while taking some pictures out from my pockets and throw them on his dead girlfriend. "what's all this?" he said with fear in his voice. "so your Mona here was blackmailing you." I said while pointing at Mona. "when?" he asked. "yeah..." I said and took Mona's phone. "she texted you to get 500,000 dollars..." I said while texting Kunal from Mona's phone, and threw the phone on the bed next to her. "or else she will leak these pictures." I added. he took his phone out and checked the text. I took his phone from his hand and throw is on the bed.

"What now, you flew in a fit of rage after reading the message, and you came here." I said. "you two had a big argument, no, you two got into an actual fight." I said as walking on his side and pointing the gun on his cheek. "and then, you got angry and banged her head on the wall, and she fell unconscious." I said as I walked around him and pointed the gun on his side forehead. 

"actually, let's cancel unconscious, you took your gun out in a fit of rage..." I said as I took his gun out from his back pocket, and shot Mona. "why you bloody...are you crazy." he yelled. "shhh...shhh." I shushed him and pointed his gun at Mona. "poor thing, she became a Collateral damage." I said. "now there's no point on telling you the rest of the story." I said as I took James gun away  and pointed his own gun on his head, then I shoot him and he fell dead on the bed next to Mona. "you committed suicide." I said while washing him dead. I went and placed his gun on his hand. 

                   (a little note, when I came to Kunal's house I was wearing gloves, so my fingerprints wasn't on the gun.)

"when we meet again in another lifetime, then you'll thank me, ACP, it's better if two lovers die together. because if one is left behind, then life becomes worse than hell." I said while my eyes were filling with tears. I put James's gun bak to my back pocket, and took the gloves and tears were felling down from my eyes. 

I didn't go back to the apartment I went to the same park where I used to go always with Steven  and sat on a bange where we always sat together, crying silently. and remembering my time with Steven. our special time together. "you did the right thing." I looked at my right side and I saw Steven. I know I was imagining him. I put my head on he's chest, and he put his hand around me, like old times when we were together at the same spot and same position.

    5 months ago...

"let's go it's very late." Steven said. "why?" I said in a sadness tone. "people normally come here to watch the sunset.and you're leaving without watching it." I said. "I don't like sunset. what was shining brightly during the day, will now be lost in the dark." he said and I looked up at him. "ohh... what does my baby like?" I asked with a smile on my face. "beginning. I would never let anybody's story to end, neither mine, nor yours, not even this setting sun's." he said. "until one story doesn't end, another one cannot begin." I said.

"why do you need another story?" Steven asked. "there can be many chapters, but the story can be the same." he added. "every story comes to an end at some point." I said. "my story will never end." he said. "promise me, if I ever die...."

"Steven, don't say all this." I stopped him. "hypothetically speaking." he said. "I don't want to hear this." I said and looked away from him. "fine, if I ever get lost, promise me, that you'll come here every evening, and talk to the setting sun. don't ever let my story end." he said. "I won't let it end, I promise." I said and hugged him tight.

       Present day.....

I snipped out from this dream, I cried silently. I went back to the apartment and opened the door slowly with out any noice, I went to James, he was at the same position where he passed out, I put the car keys back slowly, also his gun and then adjusted his shirt, and went back to my room.

        James's POV:

I heard Cleo come back to the apartment, I was sitting and thinking about what's she is up to. when I heard the door opens, I quickly laid down like I was the I acted I passed out, she came and put my gun and the keys in their place and walk towards her room, after she closed her room door I opened my eyes and checked my gun's bullets. I took my phone out from my pocket and called Nathan. "yes?" Nathan said. "she was missing for four hours, she even took my gun. but, I don't think she used it, because not a single bullet has been fired." I explained what happened today. "then why didn't you follow her?" he asked. "she is very clever, if she knew something wrong, she would've changed her path." I said. "my experience says only 2 kinds of people need a gun, or those who upload the law, or those who are the criminals, we'll have to wait and see, which one is she." he said. "read the newspaper tomorrow, and you'll find out which one she is." I said. "how?" he asked. 

"Because she left with a strange madness.... and returned very peacefully. something has definitely happened somewhere." I said, and hang up. I sat and watched towards her room thinking, she possibly did?