Another case of murder

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Chapter 13

Ashley's POV

Harry was sitting across me with Chloe in our booth which was at a secluded corner to ensure privacy, he had on denim jeans and an ash polo top that made his muscles stand out anytime he placed his hands on the table I found myself admiring the way his biceps flexed, okay it was official, I am going nuts.
The waiter came and we ordered, harry wanted wings and ketchup while Cee and I wanted chips and ketchup, minutes later our order arrived with bottles of bear.
"I still feel guilty over the lawyers death" Chloe lamented
"Hey, no work talk tonight" I said
"Sorry, you are right" she muttered and took a bite of her chip
"Looking good tonight harry" she said with cocky smile
Harry rose a brow and muttered a thanks
"So, what's his house like? " Chloe asked like Harry wasn't even there
"Not what I expected if that's what you are asking" I said as I nibbled one of my fries
"You guys know am right here, right? " he asked
"Oh, we know" Cee said turning to harry and then back to me, she leaned in and whispered
"Have you guys done it? "
Okay this woman is crazy
"Dude" I whispered back trying to muster my most offended look
"Sorry, it was just too obvious that something is different between you too "
Harry's head suddenly appeared next to hers
"We did it yesterday night, she is a loud one I tell you" he whispered
What the fuck, I knew he was just messing with Cee, but I think I was about to pass out of embarrassment when my phone rang, it was....... Angie, oh my God
"Hello? "
"Hey, am in front of your house, I've been knocking for hours now" her voice blasted through the speakers"All eyes were on me now, I placed my palm over the phone and mouthed "Angie"
Realization dawned on them
"Am not home right now Angie"
"Well were are you, we need to talk right now, its urgent"
"Okay am at The Roost"
"Meet you in five" she said, hanging up before I could tell her I wasn't alone, she sounded really upset tho.
"She is coming over" I informed them
"Yeah, cool at last I get to meet the third musketeer" she joked
I thanked Angie in my mind for the save.

Not less than five minutes later Angie strutted in, I waved her over, she looked tanned but disheveled, she just came back from a vacation but she looked nothing like it, her eye bags were the size of rocks, her eyes looked like they were running into her skull, she had lost a lot of weight, was she sick or something cause she was all bones like someone out of an Ebola ad. She settled in next to me, I could tell she hadn't noticed her surroundings yet.
"Am really sorry for calling you out unannounced, I know how much you hate that " she said, as she looked up she came face to face with Cee.
"I was gonna tell you I was with people but you hung up, we can go talk elsewhere if that's what you want" I said but her eyes were still fixed on Cee and she looked.... Shocked, surprised
"Angela? " Cee asked
"Chloe? " Angie asked, they were both sporting surprised looks
I looked at Harry, he looked as confused as I was
"You too know each other? " I asked
"Yeah, we dated back in high school" Cee said
Angie's eyes widened, that was obviously something she didn't want said in public
Angie is gay!?  I was not homophobic or anything like that but I didn't see this coming.
"What the fuck is wrong with you" she half screamed at Chloe, she was really upset.
Cee looked flustered, she must have thought I knew about this, Angie was trembling in rage
I held her arm " Hey, let's go to the restroom "
She casted a deathly glare at Chloe one last time and followed me out,  i apologized to Harry with my eyes before leaving a confused looking Cee in the booth.

As we got in the restroom, I bolted the latch.  Angie broke down and started crying, something was wrong and this was not about her big sexuality reveal.
I hugged her to my chest, patting her hair gently, in between her sobs I heard her say
"He wants a divorce" her wailing getting louder at each word
Phew, I thought she had cancer or something.
"He took me to Rio just to serve me divorce papers" she added, like it was the most unbelievable thing ever
Oh Angie, no wonder she looked like The walking dead
"How can he just throw away seven years like its nothing, I've been a good wife Ash, tried my best to make him happy and what do I get in return, freaking divorce papers"
I wasn't a bit surprised, Tedd has always been slow upstairs. He never deserved Angie anyway but I still didn't know what to say to Angie, consoling people had never been my strong suit, I just always say the wrong things
"At least, you will get the alimony part, right"
"Ash, this is not about the alimony, I love Tedd "
I never really liked the dude, he was one of those bossy, rude rich ass white boys that love that Mr CEO term. Charlie and I used to call him fifty shades of boring, at Angie's back of course, else she would have our asses on a platter.
As I looked at her right now, I felt upset, that an asshole like that idiot with no self worth had the audacity to treat her like that, I mean what sort of asshole takes you on a romantic vacation just to serve you divorce papers, she looked so fragile, so broken as she blew her nose into the nearest tissue.
"You know he is not giving me a cent, he said he had given me enough, that he made my career and he is right"
"What? " I asked
She couldn't be serious, Angie made this guy the CEO he is today, he basically exploited her fathers connections, I mean she has stuck with this dude for seven fucking years, cleaned the house, played the perfect wife even when her mother in law was a reincarnate of baby demons from hell and they were just gonna let her off like that?  Of course, that's it, he only used her. That motherfucker, he must be dreaming if he thinks it was gonna end like this, I always protect what's mine, and Angie was my only surviving family and I wasn't gonna let no one treat her like shit.  Nothing annoys me like fuck boys that think girls are just puppets that you use and put away. Nothing disgusted me like those times he always told Angie what to do, when to come home, I think he'd hit her once or twice but she always denied it. As she stood here looking pathetic and blowing out her nostrils, these memories just fueled my anger, her current state squeezed my heart in both disgust and hatred, disgust that she could be so weak as to let some asshole treat her like this and hatred for the two faced motherfucker. My heartbeat was picking up its pace the more I thought about this shit.
There was that feeling, its been so long since I last felt it, like wide fire spreading through my veins, my hands were trembling with rage and the only color I was seeing was red as I unlocked the latch and headed out, all i could hear were the voices in my head telling me that Tedd was the enemy, somewhere at the back of my mind, i knew i was only looking for who to lash out my anger and frustrations on, and right now Tedd was a perfect choice, i guess all my attempts to distract myself from all my inner turmoil and battles only gave them a chance to grow and now they wanted to be let out. I could hear  Angie calling me back but her voice seemed a galaxy away, as I entered the eating area, I heard Harry's voice but couldn't register a word, his car keys were on the table, I snatched them up and headed out, as I unlocked his car, I felt him hold my arm, I wiggled for him to let me go, but he only drew me into his arms and hugged me with his chest on my back, I fought for him to let me go. My demons were alive and roaring, I was determined to nail that mother fucker, he was unworthy of Angie, he was a waste of space and oxygen, but harry held unto me so tight, but I kept struggling and wriggling against him, the more I fought, the tighter his embrace that gradually it felt like my strength was being sapped out of my body, my legs started feeling like jelly, my whole body felt weak and heavy, my legs couldn't hold me anymore as i leaned in and slide to the ground with Harry.  My breathing was coming down and then the headache was settling in, that was when Harry's words started to make sense
He was chanting "I got you, I got you" over and over again.