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“We’re not trying to intervene,” Rae said casually. “But my friends and I have a wager. I’m guessing he cheated on you with the maid. But this guy,” she jerked her thumb at Fox, who waved cheerily, “thinks it was the secretary. Personally, I would be offended for every woman on earth if you were that cliché,” she said to the man. “So, if you could let us know, we’ll settle our bets.”
The woman looked like she was about to lose it. “Are you serious? You’re betting on me?”
“Well, in all fairness, you did pull a gun on your husband in the middle of a restaurant. Now, had you done this in the privacy of your own home, we wouldn’t have done this unless we were called in to the crime scene,” Rae explained.
“You’re mocking me?” the woman sneered.
“No, in fact, we’re on your side.”
“Yeah, we don’t really deal with douchebags,” Fox said, narrowing his eyes at the man on the floor. “I bet you never sang her a show tune.”
“Just get back!” the woman shouted, tears streaming down her face.
I sighed, tossing down my napkin. “Excuse me, but I think it’s time for me to intervene before they push her over the edge.”
“You think?” Raven retorted.
I couldn’t believe I had to deal with this when I hadn’t even had a cup of coffee yet. Still, if I let these two handle things, the woman would end up killing more than her husband.
“Ma’am, I’m a former police officer. I need you to put down your gun.”
She scoffed at me, swiping at the tears running down her face with her free hand. “Why? So you can arrest me? So you can send me to jail? What are you doing?” she shrieked, turning her weapon on her husband.
Actually, it was on Raven, who was now crouched down in front of him. She held up her hand slowly, staring into the woman’s crazy eyes.
“I don’t have a weapon.”
“Don’t you dare help him,” the woman bit out.
“I’m not. I promise you.”
She slowly lowered her hand until she reached the man’s throat.
“Please help me,” he whimpered.
“I’m going to. Just hold still.” She slid her hand up his suit until she reached his tie. Slowly, she tightened it and put it back to center, then smoothed the length of it straight and reattached the tie to the pin. “There.”
“I thought you were going to help me!”
“What? No, I promised I wouldn’t, but your tie was crooked. It’s kind of a thing with me.”
“Lady, I’m bleeding out!”
“You’re not, but your tie was definitely about to drape over your body into the blood. That stain never would have come out.”
“You’re insane! You’re all insane. You belong in prison.”
I would strongly disagree with that.
The wife gestured at him with her gun. “He’s the one who deserves to be behind bars!”
“I’m sure he does. And everyone here is very interested in your problems, but this isn’t the place to shoot your husband.”
“Yeah, you should always have a plan to get rid of the body,” Fox said.
I turned to him slightly, shaking my head. “Actually, I was referring to the fact that she shouldn’t pull a gun in a crowded room.”
“Right, because now there are witnesses,” he said, a smile twisting his lips.
