Wounded

ruined

Lauren's POV:

       I arrived to the police station I was scared and worried I didn't know what was going on I was setting in an office waiting for the police officer, I was so nervous, my heart was beating fast.

"Are you his wife?" the police officer asked. "yes, sir... what happened?" I asked immediately and stand up. "please sit, please sit." and I sat down. he sat down infant of me, there was a file on his hand. I was looking at him waiting for him to tell me what's wrong. "listen, today in LA highway there was an accident at 6 pm, this is some pictures from there, take a look." he places some pictures on my hand. the first picture was my car's number, the second one was when my car was lifting up. I was having a panic attack and breathing heavy when I was watching the pictures. the car was crashed. "this....thi....why are you showing me this photographs? where is Steven?" I asked. "the people nearby tried to pull him out from the car while it was on fire, but they were late by then, I am really sorry we couldn't save him" he said while looking down. I was shocked I didn't know what to do I was not moving no crying anything for few minutes.

I was tearing with shock on my face I couldn't even breath well. the officer took me to the morgue, so I can identify if it was him or not, while walking on the hallway I was hoping it wasn't him. I entered the morgue there were 4 bodies, one in each bed.

I was walking slowly, I didn't know what was my reaction in all of this. I stood beside the door I was looking at the bodies it was covered with white sheets. "look I know this is hard for you, but you have to identify, it's a proseger, please." he said. and I walked toward the officer while looking to the bodies in shock. the first body when the officer pulled the sheet down from the body's face I was scared I took a step back, then realized it wasn't Steven. "  it's not Steven." I said with low voice and a little relief. 

the officer put the sheet back and went to the second body. I was hoping it's not Steven as well I was praying so loud in my heart. the officer went to the second body and took the sheet off from the body's face, it's was all burned like someone put the body in the oven and let it burn.

I took a step back and bring my both of hand in front of my face. I looked with corner of my eye to the body's left hand, there was a ring on the finger, and it was Steven's, I panicked and took by hand off from my face, I was shook, my eyes started to get watery.

I ran out from the room to the middle of the hallway and I was crying loud and screaming. this can't be happening. it can't be him. no no no. I was just getting my best life. and now I can't see anything only blackness in my life. I went down on my knees and started to cry and scream."NO...." I cried for few minutes and went down to my car and left, I went to my house, straight to my room and sat in a corner quiet. I won't crying I was just quiet. the whole house was quiet.

my flashback with Steven began to show in front of me. I didn't know what to do all I wanted is happy life, but everything ruined. everything was ruined.

I was thinking about the pictures the officer showed me. LA highway, I got up and I realized the photographs wasn't just one car the second picture was on the highway and the third picture was somewhere like end of the highway. I sat on the bed and I was thinking. I took my phone ad called the police station. "hello?" the man said."hello, I want to talk to ACP Kunal." I said,

"his shift is over, he'll be here tomorrow." he said. "then give me his personal number, my name is.." before I could complete my sentence. "oh madam, public servant, but that doesn't mean you bought his rest and sleep, let him sleep, he was busy in a big case, you can come tomorrow, okay?" he said and hang up the phone. I didn't care I just wanted to know about the photographs.

I took my car keys and went to my car and went straight to the LA highway there was a street foods and people were eating. I went to someone stranger and asked, "is there was any accident her around 6 pm?" I asked. "yeah, there was an accident, the car fell down right there." he said while pointing where the car fell down."omg, it was a scary accident, very dangerous." he said. " here? the car must fell down the other side of the road, the car was going to LA." I said with confused face. "no ma'am, the accident was this side of the road, it's simple, the side of the road it's not broken there, but it's all broken here." he said.

I looked to the side road confused and back to the man I didn't know what was going on, the photographs was totally from different location. why would the ACP lie to me?

I went to the police station straight to the ACP's office. "you are lying to me, first you assistant told me that your shift was over, and the biggest lie was told to me that my husband had an accident?" I said with anger on my face and my tone. the ACP stood up and came to me. "listen miss Lauren, you are in a shook now, and in this situation if you take more rest it will benefit you, where are you running and going, let's sit and talk slowly, whatever misunderstanding you have it will go away, please come." then he said to his assistant."bring a glass of water." then he went out."please, come" he said and lead me to the chair to sit down. I sat down and he sat in front of me."tell me miss Lauren, what's the problem?" he asked." listen sir, my husband did had an accident, someone killed him with a big plan." I said.

"what are you saying miss Lauren? see you are just very emotional right now, and it's your right to be emotional, and when someone get that much emotional, he try to make these kind of accident to murder case, and you are doing the same thing." he said. "I am emotional but not crazy, I didn't made up a*********s and came her." I said. "miss Lauren I didn't say your crazy I am just saying... anyways, take my advice, just take a break and go somewhere else for few day far from this situation, and be relax." he said.

"sir, I am to here to listen to your word, I am here to tell mine, please just show the photographs." I said. "what photographs? what are you talking about?" he asked with hesitation in his voice. "the photographs you showed me earlier, from the accident site."I said 

"oh, those.... those photographs we put them in the file and sent them too the head coveters." he said. "better, it will still be in your records." I said. but I knew he was lying to me."miss Lauren, what are you trying to say, what do you mean?" he asked. "sir, you told me Steven's accident happened at 6 pm." I said. "yeah, correct." he replied. "sir, when Steven's was 40 minutes away from LA he called me, and phone records can prove that, anyways, Steven called me at 4:10 pm, so he should arrive there at 5 pm, you are saying he had an accident at 6 pm, so what was he doing one hour on the highway? did he parked his car and waited for his accident to be done?" I explained. "listen miss Lauren, he was here or there, or whatever he was doing, what do we have to do with that, and why are you telling me that?" he asked.

"fine sir, then tell me a car going from New York to LA how it did crashed down on road coming from LA to New York? passing by 2 lanes and went throw a big divider and went in all the way down? and also there is no marks of a crash on that divider, sir this is a miracle or a murder, and I don't believe in miracles." I explained in every detail, and the ACP's face was on shook as I was found out something I don't know.

"I understand you, I am understanding now, you are doubting a police officer, and you came her to accuse me, correct?" he said with a hesitation in his voice. "I am just stating the facts, the doubt will be on you when you will not do anything about it."

"listen, miss Lauren, you are going through trauma that's why I am bearing you are craziness and this rubbish you are telling and I don't need to hear you and also you are treating me?." he said with a little anger and hesitation in his voice. "fine, I found your answer, now I have only one way, I will go to the media and I will tell everything to everyone, photographs, and truth will be shown in front of everyone, thank you very much." I said and stand up and went out.

Kunal ACP officer POV: 

while she was talking the facts I was shook and terrified that she will know everything she went out and I didn't know what to do I can't let her to go to the media, or else I will lose my job and reputation. I opened the drawer and took the file of her husbands case out, I couldn't tell her the truth or else she will sue me, I can't risk it. 

I opened the file and took the photographs out and took a look on them. "f**k" I said while hitting the photographs. I was thinking what to do, I wanted to call them and tell them that the girl know everything and they couldn't do one job I told them but I was hesitating, I called him with my personal number. "you motherfuckers, I give one job to your men to do and they couldn't do that either, a car going to LA, you throw it on the New York road, what a f*****g killer are you? that girl, Steven's wife knows everything, everything, now there is a storm on a way, if you can handle it before that then do it." I said with anger tone. "how much work you did for the madam, I did more, don't dare to threat me with your police reputation tone, my reputation is ruining more than yours, I am more worried about that." he said and hang up the phone.

Lauren's POV:

       I went back home parked my car in the parking lot, I was thinking about the facts that I knew about the accident. "who would want to kill him, I don't know if he have enemies" I said to my self. then I came out of the car and locked it, I was going to the elevator direction but before that a car came and stoped in front of me, 3 mens came out and stood around me and another man came and stood in front of me. "what's the matter madam, we gave you to play a widow role, why are you playing spy role." I was shook I didn't know what he was talking about. 

"Who are you?" I asked. "oh? you don't know us? we are the same people who did your husband accident, but you didn't had enough with one accident, maybe you want one more, right?." he said with a smirk. "by who's order did you killed Steven?" he laughed, I could smile his breath it was alcohol and weed.

"what happened are you crazy or what? what do you think, you will interview us and we will answer you? ha?" he said.

"then why are you here?" I asked. "listen, it's been only one year for you marriage, you will forget, very soon, a women cry for her one love until she sleeps with another." he said and laughed I was so disgusted by his words. "you will find a lot." he said and one of his man gave him a bundle of cash, "take this and my men will take you away from here, if you want more just ask, I will send you more." he said and I looked in his eyes with angry gaze. "with showing me this cash, you increased my volition, till now I was just doubting that something bad happened with Steven, but now I am sure, you want to send me away from her cuz you are hiding something, and until I find out what that is I won't leave from here." I said and he giggles and shook his head. "the ACP was right, you are so stubborn." he said while shaking his head and with a devil and full of lust smile on his face. " yes, I am stubborn, and you can't do anything , when the media will cover you, you will be behind the cells with your ACP, and this money save it, it will help you to hire a lawyer." I said and he laughed loudly. 

"and people say I am the bad guy? the tried understanding you, giving you money and still you don't understand, well we have to do something to shut your mouth, right?"he said and then told one of his men. "Gorge, give a lift to the madam." and a man approached me and put his hand on my mouth I tried to get away but I couldn't it was hopeless, they put me in the car and drove.