The Cement Wall - Chapter Twenty One

Chapter Twenty-One1

Eddie rose from the sofa and went over to her, as he went by the coffee table he placed upon it his half empty mug. She eyed him curiously as he stepped closer. When he became close enough to her he placed his right hand in her still went hair and his other hand around her waist and pulled her closer to him. She was going to protest but she couldn’t, she was once again lost in the moment. He pulled her into a kiss; he couldn’t control himself when he saw her come out into the living room. He knew living with her was going to be interesting.2

“I know you love me, and I know that I love you Roxanne.” He kissed her softly once more, leaving her speechless. Her savior came in the form of a knock on the door.  He turned to her before he opened the door, “I will learn to control myself Roxanne, at least until you are ready.” 3

She thanked the higher powers for sending someone to save her, but whom they sent made her choke on laughter. A girl scout stood in the doorway, except she was different then most girl scouts. This one had made her skirt shorter, had dark thick eyeliner on and wore something that would pass off as more of a bra then a shirt.  The fact that she had fishnet tights on and high knee boots made her look even more like a slut. But Eddie kept in his disgust and laughter in as she asked him in what she thought was a seductive tone if he would like to buy some girl scout cookies.4

“No thank you.” Was all he said in response. The girl seemed offended so she said; “I offer other services if you want” She then stepped up to him and placed her finger on the fly of his pants, that’s when she saw Roxanne.5

Roxanne stepped up behind Eddie, at the same time trying not to seem jealous of the little slut. “I’m sorry little girl, he has other obligations. Why don’t you try to find someone a little bit more your age if you really must prostitute yourself.”6

The girl huffed at Roxanne and stormed away to the next apartment, where as far as they could tell she was trying to hit on a female woman. Roxanne amused Eddie at the same time he was grateful, he just hoped she would admit she loved him soon. Eddie closed the door and they both fell to the floor laughing. 7

Roxanne did not want things to get awkward, so she quickly said she would be back in a little bit to pick him up so he should get his things together. When he asked her why she could not just bring him, she said it was because of the fact she had to make sure Lefay had the guy out of the apartment and didn’t trash the whole house. 8

She collected her things and made a quick get away, she really needed to face her emotions but going to the wall and weeping in broad day light was not the best thing to do. So instead she just did as she told Eddie she would do. Plus if he became noisy and called to check in on things he wouldn’t find anything but what she told him he would find. 9

When she got to the apartment and walked in quietly she found no one was home. Shrugging it off Roxanne cleaned the apartment as quickly as possible. In about an hour’s time she had the whole apartment sparkling, including the bathroom and the bedrooms. I guess its now or never she thought to herself as she called Eddie’s apartment to warn him she was coming. 10

She was shocked to hear Lefay answer the phone, “Hello, Edward Pendragon’s house. Who is speaking?”  Lefay had once been a secretary and had always found it as her calling, so it was not much of a surprise to hear her answer a phone in that manner but to answer his phone was a little odd.11

“Lefay? Its Roxanne, what the fuck are you doing there?” Roxanne decided to hide her jealousy; she really did not know why she even felt jealous. It was just her best friend, and she probably had a good reason for being alone with him. Roxanne began to feel foolish; being a giddy schoolgirl was not an enjoyable thing to her. 12

“I came here looking for you, Connor came by the house and was swearing up a storm. I wanted to warn you to make sure you knew what to expect if he came storming by.” Lefay responded and asked her own question. “Why are you there?”13

“I’m here because I was going to make sure you and your playmate didn’t wreck the apartment. Then I came here and found out you were gone and didn’t even try to trash the apartment. But I managed to clean the thing spotless anyway. Tell Eddie I will there soon to get him so he can settle in here.”14

Lefay said “Okay” then turned around from where she was sitting to tell Eddie what Roxanne had said. Eddie responded with something that had them both laughing hysterically but Roxanne could not hear what he said. 15

“What’s so funny over there?” Roxanne once again hid her jealousy. 16

“The girl scout is at the apartment across from us and is now trying to get an old mans pants down. It’s sad what girls are becoming these days, huh Roxanne?” Lefay laughed again, but Roxanne was disgusted.17

“Alright well I will be there soon, bye,” Roxanne said quickly. “Alright, Bye” Lefay responded and then hung up the phone, still laughing hysterically. 18

Roxanne’s phone rang right after she hung it up with Lefay, when she picked it up she expected someone horrible to be on the other line such as Connor but instead it was only Officer Charles.19

“Is there something wrong, Officer?” Roxanne was worried, not to mention wondering why he called her and not Eddie. But once again the all-knowing Officer read her mind and answered her asked and unasked questions.20

“Mr. Pendragon’s line was busy and I was informed that he would be living with you for a little while. I had to make sure this number was reliable. It’s part of the job sorry for inconvenience.” He leaned back in his chair as he spoke to her, feet propped up on his desk. The position that most cops were stereotyped to be always sitting at their desks like, in some cases the stereotype was true. 21

She let out a sigh of relief, but she still wished to get something off of her chest. “Officer, I know this has nothing to do with the Paul Newman case but there is this man named Connor Evans who is pretty much a stalker and its getting dangerous. I don't think he could know who James Newman is, but I just thought you should know. Its just a feeling I had to tell you about that.” 22

“Well I will look into that for you ma’am. At this point anything could be a clue. Thank you for the help.” Officer Charles chair creaked as he leaned forward, his feet planting themselves on the smooth floor. An unsettling feeling in the pit of his stomach at the thought of Connor Evans.  23