There stood Emmett, barely able to stand up with a nine millimetre Ruger P Series pistol in his extremely shaky hands, pointed at me. One rash move by me was sure to invite a bone-shattering bullet so I stood as still as possible and raised my hands in surrender.947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LEMeHybl3
“Look, Emmett, there’s absolutely no need to resort to extreme measures like this. You don’t want to do this, pal. It would only end up in trouble for you. I’m telling this for your own good, buddy,” I pleaded.
“SHUT UP! I ain’t your pal and I definitely ain’t your buddy. I hate negotiators like you. Aren’t you the same guy who beat me up a while ago? And now we’re buddies? Nobody dared to mess with me. You, you completely destroyed me and now you’re gonna pay,” he slurred, often wincing in pain but the gun was still pointed at me.
“For the love of God, Emmett, put the gun down. We’re in a closed area and the bullet might ricochet,” I said trying to reason with him while sending subtle hand signals to Ms Emily and Ms Caroline to get out of there.
Sadly, those two were scared witless to see my signals, let alone move an inch. Desperate to get the women to safety, I tried the sentiment technique.
“Emmett, think about your parents. If you do a thing like this, how can they go on with their lives?”
“They don’t care much about me anyway. They do provide a little for me but I fend for myself already,” he countered.
“Alright they may not care but they’ll still love you. And so will your sister. She wouldn’t want you committing crimes in her name. Please calm down and put the gun away, Emmett,” I pleaded but that was in vain too because he snickered and said, “Say whatever you want but I’m getting my sweet revenge today.” Luckily by that time Ms Caroline noticed my gestures and started walking away pulling Ms Emily with her.
Little did I know that telling them to leave was the worst mistake I committed. Emmett’s weary eyes darted between me and the two women who were frozen again when they saw that they were caught escaping. Emmett lowered his hand for which I was grateful but there was a devious smile on his bruised face.
“You know Jason, since I’m a gangster, I’ve always considered friends, family, girlfriends, lovers and stuff to be nothing more than a liability. Of course, my sister is an exception because she’s always been there for me. They tend to be our number one weakness. I’m not saying that they themselves are weak. Oh, they’re rather strong. Actually they’re so strong that they can easily bring strong fighters like you down on your knees in no time,” he said and paused to look at his gun. He loaded it with that chilly metal click that every life form dreads to hear and tried to lift his arm again but was too exhausted.
I knew that my time was up. I realised what people said about our life flashing in images when we are about to die was true. My friends, family members all showed up in my mind in quick succession as I closed my eyes, preparing myself to take the hand of death.
I wanted to kiss Ms Emily one last time. I wanted to thank Janet and Ms Caroline one last time. I wanted to tell George that I was proud to be his friend. I wanted to tell dad that no matter how he treated me, I always loved him. I wanted to tell Kelly that I wasn’t really mad at her. I wanted to hug the life out of my aunt for the pure love she showered on me all my life.
I knew those things were not possible so I stayed there with my eyes closed bracing myself for the insanely fast metal projectile to pulverise my breastbone. After a few seconds, I heard the loud noise and that was it. Nothing else happened. There was no pain, no blood, nothing. I jerked my eyes open instantly only to see the gun pointed not at me but to my side.
I turned quickly and my eyes met the sparkling teary eyes of the woman I loved. She stood motionless, supported by a shocked Ms Caroline and slowly looked down. I followed her gaze and stared at the blood dripping down and starting to pool around her leg. She looked back at me, her eyes started losing their sparkle and she went limp in Ms Caroline's arms. I couldn’t move. Heck! I was literally seeing the love of my life dying in front of me and I couldn’t move.
My mind started working after a few moments. “EMILY!!!” I screamed on top of my lungs and ran to her. Emmett was already too weak and he collapsed on the ground too.
“Ah…uh…ah…” Ms Emily moaned in pain. She was shot on the waist and was bleeding profusely. My mind barely processed Ms Caroline calling the emergency helpline. I was sure that the bullet had left Ms Emily’s body as there was a prominent wound on the back too. She was still conscious though. I arrested the bleeding as much as I could. As fortunate as we were, there was a hospital very close by so the ambulance arrived in no time and so did the police. The cops allowed Ms Caroline to go in the ambulance with Ms Emily while I was cuffed because I was soaked in blood.
Seeing that there was no way out of the mess, Emmett loaded the gun again and just then Kelly came there. Emmett put the barrel of the gun into his mouth and in a split second, he was gone. Just like that. One moment, he looked at Kelly for the last time and the next, there was nothing but blood. Kelly could not digest the loss of her brother and fell down screaming. She and I were taken to the police station. I was allowed to go after Ms Caroline came and proved my innocence, thanks to the video she recorded in the last minute. Quite luckily for us, the cops did not question us after that because they were already too much engrossed in a multiple homicide case with someone like Hannibal Lecter on the loose. They closed our case as suicide and they didn’t bother Kelly also since the offender himself was dead. I already informed aunt who was on her way to the hospital and dad was on a foreign trip so he could not come. The cops informed Kelly’s parents about Emmett’s suicide and Kelly was allowed to go free but the terrified girl was still in shock.
A/N: Not supposed to be updated today, I know. The ending of the chapter is very rushed, I know that too. I've got some problems (nothing bad, but I don't wanna disclose it here). I'll put up the remaining chapters tomorrow. That'll be the last you'll see of me here for a while. Of course, my account will be here and my story will always be here for you to read whenever you feel like it because I love you all but I won't be coming online. 947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwQarUODjr
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