Chapter 19 of Incredible Passions
Saturday, December 27, 2008
11:56pm
Hamilton, Bermuda
Hamilton Inn – Charity and Miguel’s room
Jeff is blocking the door so that Charity can’t get out.
Jeff: You’ve wasted too much of my time! Talking about how you can Help Me. If you want to help me, than lay on the bed and shut up! You might want to close your eyes so you won’t know when I’m going to pull the trigger.
Charity: Jeff, when I might you, you were such a nice guy. I was very attracted to you.
Jeff: What?
Charity: I thought that you were a nice guy.
Jeff: Don’t! Try to get me to change my mind.
Charity: I’m helping you right now Jeff. Trust me! You don’t want to kill me!
Jeff: Why?
Charity: Take my word for it!
Jeff: No. I have to kill you so that the police won’t… I hate when people make me repeat myself. |He holds the gun up to her head|
Charity: Oh, please. If you’re going to shoot me. Please, don’t shoot me in the head. It’s the least you could do.
Jeff: Well, okay. I guess.
|Charity holds the nose of the gun and brings it slowly down to her chest. Jeff holds the trigger|
Jeff: I don’t understand. You act as if you want me to shoot you.
|Charity closes her eyes, calm as can be|
Jeff: You’re making this hard for me.
|The clock strikes 12:00 midnight|
Jeff: I don’t have time for this, I either shoot her now or I’m going to end up in Jail again.
|Jeff is pressured and steps back one, still holding the gun at Charity. He turns off the light|
Jeff: I don’t want to kill you. You’re so pretty. But I have to kill you.
|Jeff closes his eyes and slowly pulls the trigger|
|The gun goes off and Charity drops to the ground|
Meanwhile next door, Kay and Billy are in bed
Kay: Billy!
Billy: What? Kay, its midnight!
Kay: I just heard a gun go off. I think it came from next door. I think we should go and see what happened.
Billy: Yeah, I heard it too. Maybe we should. I’ll call the police.
|Kay and Billy rush out of the bed and Billy picks up the phone and dials 9-1-1 as Kay puts on her robe and slippers|
|Meanwhile, Miguel is at his door and puts the key in the hole. As the door slowly opens he gets a shiver down his spine|
Miguel: Ooh. I feel weird. Charity! She must not be back yet.
|He walks forward and sees something on the ground|
Miguel: What is that? |Not knowing what is on the ground, he walks toward Charity’s body|
Miguel: Charity? Hah, what are you doing on the ground like that? |He kneels on the ground beside Charity and tries to wake her up|
Miguel: Oh my god. Charity! Charity! |He begins to cry when he puts his hand in the blood coming out of the wound. Jeff watches from the balcony|
Jeff: That must be Miguel. |He feels sorry| I’m sorry man, to take someone so wonderful away from you. But I had to do it. And now, I’ve got to put phase 2 into motion. |He climbs off of the balcony|
|Billy and Kay rush in, the room is very dark|
Kay: Oh my god, are you alright. We heard a gun go off and we were worried that someone might have got hurt.
|Miguel stands up|
Miguel: My wife is dead. Someone shot her.
Billy: Well, we called the police. They should be well on their way over here by now.
Miguel: Thank you, thank you so much.
Kay: Do I know you? |They see each others faces when the light of the moon, shining through the balcony moves.
Miguel: Kay?
Kay: Miguel!
Billy: Do you two know each other?
Kay: Um, we grew up together.
Billy: Hi. I’m Billy. Kay’s husband.
Miguel: Husband?
Billy: Yeah, we’re married.
Miguel: Oh.
Billy: Um, I’m going to go get something for her wound.
Charity: Miguel? |She can hardly talk|