When your heart has expired....
It was supposed to be a surprise. Collins had known that Valentine's would be a difficult day for Mimi, and decided that taking his pretty girl out for an evening would be just the thing to do.
He'd gone upstairs first, finding the Loft empty. Sara and Mark were probably out with Laura, and Roger was absent as well. Going back downstairs, he'd knocked on the door.
It's me, Meems. C'mon--got places to go.
No answer.
He had a key--they all had keys to each other's places--and he went in.
It looked like she was sleeping on the couch, but he had been the one with Angel when he died...and he remembered that look too well.
He rushed over, touched her neck, and found her icy cold.
His eyes burned while he called the authorities. He gave Mark's information for her contacts and found out where they were taking her.
He walked out of her apartment, not able to breathe deeply, not able to summon the energy to cry.
He'd gone upstairs first, finding the Loft empty. Sara and Mark were probably out with Laura, and Roger was absent as well. Going back downstairs, he'd knocked on the door.
It's me, Meems. C'mon--got places to go.
No answer.
He had a key--they all had keys to each other's places--and he went in.
It looked like she was sleeping on the couch, but he had been the one with Angel when he died...and he remembered that look too well.
He rushed over, touched her neck, and found her icy cold.
His eyes burned while he called the authorities. He gave Mark's information for her contacts and found out where they were taking her.
He walked out of her apartment, not able to breathe deeply, not able to summon the energy to cry.