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When I got close enough, he grabbed me by the neck, but I kicked him in his balls, and he immediately let me go. He fell to the ground and rolled around, holding himself.
Franklin pulled into his driveway, and as soon as the car was in park, he got out and ran over to me. He didn’t even bother turning his car off or closing the door.
Leo was still on the ground when Franklin approached. He looked down at Leo, then back at me. His expression shifted from concern to anger when he noticed my lip. “He did this to your lip?” He gripped my chin and turned my head from left to right.
“No. No. He grabbed my neck, but I kicked him.”
Next thing I knew, Franklin turned around and kicked Leo in the side before he started beating the shit out of him.
“You fucked up by coming around here again and putting your hands on her.”
He pummeled the shit out of Leo, and I didn’t know what to do, so I ran into the house to grab my phone. I felt so bad that Franklin got involved because it was obvious he had just gotten off work.
I quickly grabbed my phone from the charger and called the police. I went back outside to try and stop the fight because I didn’t want Franklin to get into any trouble, especially because of me.
The two of them were still tousling in the grass when I got outside. More so Franklin than Leo because Leo had a hard time hitting Franklin back.
“Franklin! Franklin! I called the police.”
I ran over to them and called Franklin’s name again. I was smart enough not to get too close.
“Franklin, I’m okay. I promise. You have to stop before the police come.”
His glasses were now in the grass, and a few buttons on his shirt were popped. He looked like he’d been fighting, but he didn’t look half as bad as Leo, who had a black eye and busted lip.
Two police cars whipped into my driveway, and four officers got out of their cars.
“Freeze!” they yelled with their guns drawn.
Franklin and I put our hands up, and Leo tried the best he could from the ground.
The officers walked closer to us.
“This guy threw a brick through my window and tried to choke me.” I nodded toward Leo on the ground. “I filed a police report the other day about him stealing my car, but I didn’t press charges because he returned it. I want to press charges now though.”
All four of them put their guns away, and one of them knelt on the ground and put cuffs on Leo.
One of the others came closer to Franklin and me. He looked between us.
“You want to tell me what happened?” He pulled out a small notepad.
He acted like he didn’t just hear me say what happened, but I told him anyway.
I told him everything that happened from Leo stealing my car and him showing up and breaking my window. I assured him that Franklin was just trying to protect me and that he shouldn’t be in any trouble.
“Is that everything?” the officer asked when I was done.
“Yes.”
He reached into his pocket, pulled out a card, then passed it to me. “Call me if you need anything else.”
“Thank you.”
Two of the officers took Leo, while the other two asked Franklin a few questions.
Once they were done, they left us standing in my yard.
For a few seconds, neither of us said anything. When Franklin looked at me, I saw him get angry all over again. I knew to him my lip looked worse than it was.
