“I’ll rest when I’m dead. Try to get some rest and I’ll call and check on you later,” Ermias said, causing me to smile.
After hanging up, I went into the kitchen and fixed myself a sandwich with a cup of apple juice. Once I finished, it hit me how tired I was, so I went and laid in my bed. I didn’t even put my pj’s on, I got in bed while wearing my robe.
A loud noise startled me from my sleep, causing me to jump up so fast my heart started racing. I went to go see where the noise was coming from but first, I went into the kitchen to grab a knife. As soon as I stepped into the kitchen, I turned on the light and the lady that was standing in the lobby staring at me and Ermias the other day was now in my house.
“Who the fuck are you!” I shouted as I darted for the drawer with the knives. “How the hell did you get in here?”
Like a raged beast, she charged at me and started stabbing me anywhere she could before I could grab a knife to protect myself. All I could do was try to block her stabs as best as I could. She was coming at me like a maniac, as we both ended up slipping and falling because I was bleeding out and onto the floor. I tried to get away, but she had an advantage over me. I kicked and fought like hell from the ground, and she continued to swing punches now because she dropped the knife. I could take the punches better than the stabs, but after a few minutes, I started to become winded.
The last thing I remember was her standing over me, and I could’ve sworn I heard Ermias’s voice, but by then, it was too late; darkness took over.
ERMIAS
As much as I enjoyed Vegas, I was happy to be back home. As soon as I got home, I unpacked my suitcase and threw my clothes into the washer. After taking another shower, I fixed myself a protein shake then laid across the middle of my bed. I watched all the highlights onSports Centerbefore I got dressed to head to the lounge.
I must have dozed off because the sound of my phone ringing woke me up. When I saw that it was Claudia, I answered to make sure she was good. Her step-dad was in the hospital, I hoped nothing changed about his status. But when she told me that her jewelry was missing, I figured she’d just misplaced it. Her stuff was thrown all around her room. I was sure once she cleaned up, she would find it.
After hanging up with her, I got ready for work, and on my way out, Jared stopped me before I left out of the building.
“Hey boss, that young lady you said wasn’t welcomed here, left this for you.”
“When?” I asked, as I took the envelope from his hand.
“A few hours ago.”
As soon as I felt the envelope, I knew what was in it. “Good looking out,” I gave Jared dap and a tip for not stealing the jewelry.
As I walked out to my whip, I called Claudia. When she didn’t answer, I called her a few more times, and every call went unanswered. I called Justine, knowing exactly who Jared was talking about. I needed her to tell me how she got ahold of Claudia’s shit, better yet, how the hell did she know where Claudia lived.
Taking off, instead of going to the lounge, I hit the gas and headed to Claudia’s condo.
The whole wayto Claudia’s I did nothing under 80 mph. The closer I got to her place, the faster my adrenaline pumped. Thankfully she had given me access to her condo, maybe because she felt obligated to since she had access to mine. I nearly crashed into some shit twice before I finally parked and jetted inside.
Racing to her door, I unlocked it, and as soon as I stepped inside, I had to pull my Glock.
“Drop that shit!” I shouted at Justine as she held a knife in the air and was about to stab Claudia who was laying on the ground defenseless.
Justine turned and looked at me with pure evil in her eyes. Instead of stabbing Claudia, she charged toward me and sliced my arm twice before I finally pulled the trigger. I needed to make sure that it was clear self-defense.
Before Justine’s body hit the ground, I was at Claudia’s side. Thankfully, she still had a pulse. It was faint, but it was still there.
A Week Later…
I would never underestimate the crazy of a female ever again. Clearly Justine was about that mental life. She had stabbed Claudia nine times with a pair of grooming shears. Some of the wounds were superficial and looked worse than they really were, but a couple of them were pretty bad. How the crazy bitch knew where Claudia lived, much less got inside her house, was still a mystery to me still. I was just glad I showed up when I did. I shot Justine twice in the chest, both fatal wounds.
When the paramedics showed up, so did the police. I didn’t even get the chance to call Darius to let him know what happened. The whole time the ordeal went down I didn’t think to call anyone. All I could focus on was getting to Claudia and getting there fast. The front door was already open, so when I heard them approaching, I stood up and placed my hands in the air as I explained to them what happened.
I was placed in handcuffs while the paramedics tried to stabilize Claudia enough to transport her to the hospital. I felt so helpless. All I could do was pray that she would make it. Ion think I coulda lived with her dying behind some weird ass female I used to fuck around with. Now that Claudia was in my life, she had changed me for the better, and there was no way I was ready to lose her…not like this.
The medical examiner pronounced Justine dead then she was eventually removed from the condo. If I could’ve, I would’ve killed her ass again, I was so angry that I missed all of the signs. I knew she was crazy but never in a million years would I have ever thought she would’ve pulled some shit like this off.
After a couple of hours in lock up, my lawyer showed up and I was released. My lawyer was able to present evidence of surveillance footage that showed Justine breaking into Claudia’s place several times over the last few days. When I thought back on the date it started, it was after she first saw Claudia leavingmy place. Justine broke into Claudia’s condo, stole the earrings and the E charm, then took them to my place and gave them to Jared in an envelope. Justine was clearly battling some form of mental disease; I just hated that things had to happen like they did for us all. I was grateful that I had found my forever in Claudia cause I never want to experience nothing like that again.
“How is she?” Ms. P stepped into the room and asked.
“The same. Just resting.”
One of the hardest things I ever had to do was tell Ms. P what happened. I was just grateful that she didn’t blame me like I blamed myself.
