Page 114 of Faith
Nina watched the other woman, knowing Lorelei would feel the same about Gwendolyn being dead. Relieved. At peace. Safe.
“Did you kill her?” Lorelei asked.
Nina nodded. “I did.” Nina stood, using the wall for support. She walked to Lorelei with her hands together. “I know you have to arrest me.”
Lorelei looked around the room, and Nina remembered the rest of the night.
“Monty. Zeke! They were shot. They need help.” Nina tried to rush to them, but she was stopped. “No. Please. Let me see them!”
“I’m fine, Nina,” Monty said. “Barely grazed me.”
“You need to go to hospital,” the woman with Monty said. “Stitches at least.”
“I’m good.”
“You’re going to the hospital,” Lorelei said. “No choice. How’s Zeke?”
“In and out of consciousness, ma’am.”
“Where’s the ambulance?” Lorelei barked.
“Here!” Two men rushed in, one Nina recognized.
“Holden?”
Holden stopped and looked at Nina, then nodded to Lorelei and hurried to Zeke.
Lorelei stepped up next to Nina. “Was this self-defense?”
Nina nodded. “Monty and I came. I wanted to come. She knew we were here. Fernando knocked Monty out and tied him up. She… We talked. She wanted me to leave with her or she was going to kill Monty.”
“Obviously, things changed.”
Nina nodded and stared at Holden as he worked on Zeke. The rip of bandages seemed loud in the otherwise quiet house. The tinge of blood in the air was bigger than everything else.
“Zeke saved me. I don’t know how he knew we were here, but he wouldn’t let her take me. Fernando shot Monty, Zeke shot Fernando, then Gwendolyn tried to shoot me. Zeke jumped in front of her bullet, and I shot her.”
“She still had a gun on you?”
“Yes.”
Lorelei drew a breath as Zeke was lifted onto a stretcher. He groaned, then cursed when he was moved.
“Zeke!”
“Nina.” Zeke swore again.
“I’m coming.”
“You’re under arrest,” a man said.
“She can go,” Lorelei said. “She’s not going to go anywhere else. Montgomery will be in the next ambulance. Call the ME for the other two.”
“But—”
“I’m in charge. She can go. You’re welcome to follow in your car and stay with her, but Captain Patrick is aware of the situation and he will be there to meet the ambulance.”
“Captain Patrick?” the officer asked.
