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Toby (is that his name? I honestly cannot remember after all of the backstory that we just went through) rushes over from the other side of the church to help.
The two of us manage to get control of her. All three of us are panting and I'm keeled over, trying to determine whether my balls are currently still lodged in my throat.
"Okay," I say through labored breaths. "Let's all just take a breather."
"You murdered Father Murphy," she says.
Toby’s got his arms around her and he shakes her a little.
"Shut up!" he says.
I frown.
"That's no way to speak to a lady, Toby," I say to him.
"Who the fuck is Toby?" Toby asks.
I point at him. "You! You're Toby!"
"Are you shitting me?" he says. "I told you, I'm Tony!"
"Ah, fuck," I say. "Well, look, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you shouldn't speak to a lady that way. Now," I say as I turn my attention back to Raven. "To address your last statement. Incorrect. Neither myself nor," I pause and give him a smile and a nod, "Tony, murdered your Father Murphy."
"Well, someone murdered him," she says.
"Now, that is a correct statement," I say back to her. "But, it wasn't us."
"We should just kill her," Tony says, pulling out his gun and holding it to her head. "She's obviously seen too much and can't keep her mouth shut."
The situation escalates immediately. The moment I see Tony pull his gun on her, I'm pulling my gun and aiming at him.
Raven starts reciting the Lord's Prayer, and I'm about to blow his fucking brains out.
"The fuck you doing?" he asks me as he realizes I have my gun trained right on him.
"Lower it slowly," I say to him. "I am not fucking around on this one."
He rolls his eyes and takes his gun down from her head.
She's on the part about daily carbs--err bread--and I take a step to close the distance between us.
"Hey," I say to her quietly. "Hey," I repeat again. Her words begin to slow and she opens her eyes before she finishes the prayer. "There she is," I say to her.
"Teddy."
Tears are welling up in those hazel pools of hers and even after all these years I want to do everything I can to dry them up.
I know that sounded weird, but my brain's a total mess right now.
"It's okay," I say to her. "No one's going to kill you."
"Whatarewe going to do with her, then?" Tony asks. "You can't leave her here."
"Tito," I say in an annoyed voice. "Could you please?"
"My name--" he starts to protest and I snap. I can't get the image of him pushing his gun into Raven's beautiful dark hair out of my head. I decide he needs to learn some manners.
"YOUR NAME IS WHATEVER THE FUCK I SAY IT IS," I yell at him, pressing my gun right into his temple.
