The Robbery

"This is for your mom". He said before breathing his last.

Abigail allowed tears flow freely from her eyes as she watched Andy breath his last in her arms.

“Somebody please call 911” She screamed at the top of her voice. “He's dying, please call 911” she said again, this time with a whisper.

The people who were passing by were confused at the whole scenario, considering the fact that they had witnessed everything and they knew for a fact that Abigail had shot the robber by herself, with her own gun. But what they didn't know was that the police officer and the robber were lovers.

When the paramedics finally arrived, it was too late. Andy was gone and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

As she watched him get wheeled into the paramedics truck she couldn't help but recall the conversation they both had that morning.

Earlier that morning, Andy had brought coffee for her at the station when she received a call from her family doctor who told her that her mother's health was deteriorating fast and that she needed to pay for her treatment. Unfortunately, the pay as a police officer was not enough to cover the amount needed to treat cancer.

Andy had noticed her mood change and had asked her what the problem was and Abigail told him. He was furious that she had kept it a secret from him all this while and he had promised to help raise the money or at least part of it before he walked out of the station. That was the last Abigail heard from him before a distress call about an ongoing robbery was called in and she quickly rushed to scene.

She got there fast enough to see the masked robber stepping out of the house where he had gone to steal some jewelries.

“Don't move. Stay where you are”. Abigail had ordered the criminal but he had done the opposite of that and had taken to his heels.

She knew there was no way she could catch him because he was a fast runner so she aimed for his leg but just as she pulled the trigger, the robber missed a step and fell and the bullet went straight through his abdomen.

She had slowly approached the man as he laid on the floor, trying hard to breath. When she finally took off the mask on his face, the face she saw shook her.

“Andy??!?”

But Andy couldn't say much, he was trying not to get choked by the blood gathering in his mouth. “This is for you mom”. He said, handing her the jewelry before breathing his last.

Abigail continued crying as the truck drove away. She had killed her fiancé who went stealing in other to gather money for her own sick mother.

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