Scorned
by EJ Leonard
Don’t come back to the bank
Why not?
Just stay on your lunch break until I tell you it’s okay
Tell me what’s happening
Some crazy woman just walked in here with a gun demanding everyone come out into the lobby
Where are you??
Hiding under my desk
Did anyone call the cops
Murray texted me that he did
Has anyone been hurt?
I don’t know. Two gun shots fired though
Can you escape through the window?
You know I can’t open these windows
Right.
I’m scared. What if she finds me??
She probably just wants money
I can hear her yelling something though, but I can’t make out what it is
Maybe you should try to sneak out toward the exit
No, I think she’ll see me
Oh my god, she just fired another gunshot
Just lay low
Guess I won’t be in to have some of our lunchtime activities today
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT SEX NOW!?
Sorry, bad timing
Holy shit!!
What?
She’s calling out my name!!
WHAT??
SHE JUST CALLED IT AGAIN
You’re probably hearing things. You have a popular first name
She is screaming out my full name
Why would anyone come into the bank screaming your name??
Oh my God, is that your psycho wife??
DID SHE FIND OUT ABOUT US??
No, it can’t be
Who else would want to come in here and kill me??
Fuck. If she found out, I’m dead
I just tried to call her. She’s not picking up her phone
How far away are you??
I’m rounding the block.
She just fired another shot! It sounded closer!!
Shit. Our car’s out front
You need to come in here and get her to stop
I can’t
What do you mean you can’t!?
Well, you see, Adam’s been kind of locked in the trunk for the last hour
Leslie??
DING DING DING!!
Listen, Marlon will get you whatever money you want
We’ll talk about money in a minute
I have a proposition for you
Open up your email
Is Adam dead?
OPEN YOUR EMAIL
It’s open
You should see a few forwarded emails from Adam there
What is this??
Those are his other women
He doesn’t have any other women
Believe what you want honey, but you ain’t special.
You’re lying. He told me he was going to leave you for me
As you can see, he said the same to Lisa, Adrianne, and Tammy
Still there??
Did you kill them too??
No, they’re out in the car. We’re waiting for you
Waiting for what?!
We want to teach the prick a lesson
What do you mean?
I kind of want to beat him up a bit, and leave him in the desert, but I’m open to suggestions
This is a trick
I’m going to open that door, and you’re going to shoot me
No
I’m giving you an opportunity here
I don’t understand. If you wanted me to just do this, why hold up the bank
It’s all in the plan
We can pretend I’m holding you hostage
You have to admit it’s perfect
But the cops will catch us…
No they’ll think it’s just me
I’ll be long gone. You’ll get a large cut, then you can quit your job for “mental health reasons” or buy a nicer car or whatever
Come on, what do you say?
How much money?
Everything that’s back there
No, I can’t
Oh come on, Deb.
Did he play you that song on the guitar he said he wrote just for you??
Love Traveler?
He played that at our wedding.
Tell Marlon to do it, and once you have all the money let me know
Okay, I see I’ve piqued your interest
I have golf clubs in my car by the way
Now we’re talking
Marlon says it’s a go.
So what now?
So, I kick down your door. You start crying. I take you out with your hands up. Got it?
He said he loved me
He said he loved me too. He lied.
Which office is yours?
Do you have the money??
Yes.
It’s the first one on the left
Ready??
Yeah
One month later the cops found five naked bodies in the desert. The murderer has yet to be found
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