Of course, she'd trusted me.
Gazing down at the note between my fingers, a small smile flitted across my face. I was flattered. We'd been on and off again, but she still trusted me enough. I felt honored that in her final moments, my face would be the last thing she thought of. Crumpling the note, I dropped the paper to the floor and shuffled through the stack of cash she'd left behind.
It was all there. Five grand. And, yeah. It'd be plenty to go off of. The person who framed her would definitely reap the benefits of this cash.
I shoved the money back into the case and snapped the top shut. Sighing, I sank into my chair and reflected. I brought her face to my memory –the scrunched up nose, the brown eyes, the expression so innocent. Too innocent to ever kill anyone. To ever even hurt anyone. It was a damn shame that she was to die for a crime she never even committed.
Raising my beer bottle to my lips, I took a long drought. The taste reminded me. We'd met at a bar. She was so out of place there. An angel in the middle of devils and demons. I'd been her savior, really. I'd spotted her from the moment she entered, but I bided my time. Called her over and bought her a drink after watching her struggle for a while. She'd sipped a glass of red wine and gushed to me about her life. She was in residency. A doctor. Someone who was going to help people.
There was always this…kind of –light, in her eyes. She was smart, but stupid. She trusted everyone who paid her a speck of attention. A girl who knew the periodic table by heart but couldn't figure out people if her life depended on it. Ironically, it did.
I lowered my beer bottle, wiping away the excess moisture from my mouth. She never knew who to trust.
Standing up, I tossed the empty bottle into the garbage and scooped up the briefcase with the money.
"This should be enough for you to figure out who framed me."
Hm. Should be.
I took the money, paid my landlord, and bought a new watch. Bought other random, over priced crap. The money lasted a couple days. I even bought flowers (dandelions, her favorite), to put on her grave.
She'd trusted me. Her mistake.