“Welp we’re all booked for the next few days
but uhh…” The chatty clerk clicked a few things on his computer. “…Uhh…Friday!
We could get you situated and off at eight in the morning.” The man smiled as
if his response was a pleasing one to the anxious couple on the run. Blank
stares followed his answered, continued by Bonnie mouthing curses under her
breath.
“But sir, we are in
quite a rush. We need to leave today.” Explained Cam.
The man still smiled as
if what he was saying was ok. “Oh you two love birds don’t need to rush
anywhere.” He waved them off. “You’re in the best place in town. Take some time
off to spend alone before you leave out, a few days isn’t so bad.”
“But it’s Tuesday!” Cam
abruptly shouted, startling both the clerk and Bonnie who was off in her own
world. “We need to leave tonight, right now!”
If it wasn’t one thing it was another. Every minute they stayed in that
dreaded area, CASH was closer to ringing their necks dry.
“Well it’s no need to
get so upset young man, maybe you should go to the commercial airline, they
always have flights.” The man didn’t know when to shut up. If Bonnie didn’t
grab Cam and walk him out of the office, he would have ripped the man a new
orifice.
“Don’t worry about it
darling.” It was now Bonnie’s turn to drag Cam around the lot of the parking
lot. So much for her plan, he
thought. Cameron was so frustrated he couldn’t even see where they were walking
to. Simply Bonnie took the lead and continued to walk around the lot determined
to find the hanger that matched the key she had stolen from the office.
“We haven’t come this
far to fail baby.” She reassured him. Cam just walked along, having given up
ages ago.
Hanger
59
Using the key to open
the side door, Bonnie pushed Cam inside, locked the door and pulled out a
Ziploc freezer bag of cocaine.
“That could get a whole
whale high! What are you doing with that?” Cam shouted at Bonnie. Among all the
confusion, Cam had yet the opportunity to address his disappointment with
Bonnie using again. Since high school, Bonnie had developed a high appetite for
drugs. By the time the two met, cocaine had become her best friend, her crutch.
It took Cam almost a year to effectively wean Bonnie sober; it was a hard and
long battle.
“Baby, why would you do
this again?” He pulled her face towards his, with all that was going on, his
emotions could not handle such a hindrance.
Fighting tears Bonnie
replied.
“But honey, I could get
us out of here.” She waved the plane keys in his face with one hand and the
coke in the other. “Remember I said I took pilot lessons in college?”
“Yeah but you didn’t
pass your test.”
She waved him off as
she pulled away from his embrace and walked towards the small six passenger
plane.
“This is the only
option we have right now.” She opened the door to the plane and attempted to
climb in before Cameron grabbed her arm.
“You want to steal this
plane, fly it to wherever with no directions, all while you’re high off coke
and expect me to be ok with it?”
“We just stole ten
million dollars from my father, don’t act like you have morals now.” She shot
back. “Now it’s either I boost my high and save our asses and fly this plane or
we stay here like sitting ducks and wait for CASH to kill us.” Irritated Bonnie opened the bag of cocaine
and snorted a portion straight from the bag. Cam did nothing but watch in
despair. She pinched a bit from the bag, placed it on the back of her hand and
stuck it out for Cameron. “Your turn.”
From being around the
rich and affluent Cam had seen his share on how cocaine could effect a person.
There was no way that he was about to fall into the rabbit hole and join Bonnie
in her destruction.
“No.” He shrugged.
Forgetting that the
coke was on her hand, Bonnie threw her hands up in frustration letting a small
white cloud breeze between them.
“Well I can’t have you
sitting next to me making me nervous while I’m flying. I need you to be on the
same level I am.” Moments went by of intense staring between the two. Neither
were budging. Finally Bonnie conceded with a deep breath.
“If you do this for me
baby. I promise I’ll never use again.” Using her puppy dog eyes she pleaded.
“You said that last
time, we worked so hard to get you clean.”
Bonnie leaned in to
kiss Cameron. “But this time is different baby.”
To be continued... Part four
-Tiffany Li
