TWENTY SEVEN- REDEMPTION

The soft knock on the door made Marcus's heart skip a beat. Anticipation was killing him. The twist of the chrome door knob by Sasha seemed to take forever and finally he saw Molly standing in the doorway.

She embraced him and he could feel the beat of her heart and the movement of her stomach against him.

“Honey, I am so happy to see you. I was on the phone and I heard the commotion and what sounded like a gunshot and then nothing. Are you alright, Marcus?”

“Molly, I am alive. The past few hours have been the worst hours of my life. I feel dirty, humiliated, violated, abused and angry. I am innocent and they are saying I stole the guns and was about to sell them and the deal went sour and I killed my cronies in cold blood and guess who is pushing the fire?”

“Who, Norman? Do you mean Norman, your brother in law?”