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“That’s funny,” Ava laughed and looked at Lucy, hoping she saw the glee in her face.
“Funny? It was crazy. The amount of pee was just—”
“BARNEY, YOU ARE IMPOSSIBLE!” Lucy yelled, storming out.
Ava chuckled again replaying the story in her mind, even as she left the room.
She grabbed a quick breakfast of toast and headed out. One of the things which hadn't changed was her car situation. Benjamin had offered to take her car shopping, but with Lucy accusing her every step of the way that she was just a gold-digger, it just didn’t feel right.So why not ride it out in her car for a few more months and then buy her own car with her own money?
Still, the idea of Benjamin taking her to get a new car lingered. Probably due to the fact that her car had broken down for good this morning, and she found herself on her way to the shelter in a taxi.
She was about halfway to the shelter when she her phone rang. Who would call her so early in the morning? She checked her display. Unknown number. She frowned, as she had this thing about taking calls from unknown numbers. The taxi slowed down at a red light, slotting perfectly alongside the yellow of other taxis and the various gleaming colors of the morning traffic.
“Hello?” she finally answered timidly after a couple of rings.
A frantic voice spoke from the other end, a voice she recognized immediately.
“Oh good, it’s you,” Benjamin blurted through the phone. “For a moment I thought I’d dialed the wrong number.”
“Benjamin?”
“The one and only,” he confirmed. She picked up a hint of hesitation from the way his voice pitched low, as if in a whisper.
“Why are you calling me? You’ve never called me before.”
“Really? Never?”
“I’d know if you had, sir,” she said sarcastically. He quickly agreed.
“Fine, well I’m calling you now.”
“Exactly, but why?”
He paused, his quick breaths sifting out through the phone. A voice echoed from the other end, one distinct and loud.
“I’m coming already,” Benjamin snapped at the voice and somehow the noisy chattering from the background seemed to pick up.
“Where are you?”
The taxi had started moving again. It was just a straight drive down a few minutes, and she’d be at the ‘GIVE THEM A CHANCE’ center, where a few of her colleagues would already be.
Benjamin mumbled something into the phone, and she sat up straight.
“Wait what? Say that again.” She shook her head, must have misheard that.
“I am at the police station. District 9.”
For a moment Ava grew silent.
“Ava?’” he snapped her back out of it.
“Yes…I’m still here.”
“Well…I hate to ask you for this favor… but can you come get me? Quickly?”
“I-I guess?”
“Is that a yes or a no?”
