Marley waved her hand.“I just pretended.It was all a joke.You can’t get arrested for that.”
Emma laughed.“Jesus, you really are a dumb blonde.Of course, you can.The fact that they were involved for months and affected my job and life is enough.Joke or not, in the eyes of a judge, it was still stalking.”
“I doubt it.Once I told them, nothing was going to happen.I just gave you the notes and things.”
“No one knew at the time, did they?I had cops doing drive-bys to check on me several times daily.”
Emma could tell the woman still didn’t believe her.“How about I tell you I’ll do whatever it takes to get you arrested?As you probably know, my fiancé works with the cops, so he knows them well.”
Marley’s mouth turned down.
Emma could see the wheels turning in the woman’s head as she thought about what could happen to her.“Why did you decide to come clean now?”Emma asked, curious.
“Because I have a new rich man in my life, so I don’t have time to play with you.”
Emma tipped her head to the side.“You could have just walked away.Why tell me?”
The smile on Marley’s face grew.“Because I wanted to see the look on your face when you found out it was me.”Emma had slowly gotten closer and was now only a few feet from the other woman.
“Oh, really.Are you enjoying yourself?”Emma asked.If Marley had been smarter, she would have heard the threatening tone of her voice.
“Yes.”
She didn’t get to finish what she was saying because Emma threw a punch and hit her on the nose, instantly making it bleed.
“Oh, my God.You broke my fucking nose!”the woman screamed.
“Oh, I’m not done with you yet, you stupid bitch.”She pushed Marley down to the ground and started to wail at her.
Emma vaguely heard the cursing behind her but ignored it.Someone started to lift her off Marley.“No.I’m not done with her.”
The person snorted.“Yes, you are, baby.”He tightened his grip on her.“Settle down.”
Emma exhaled and leaned against his chest.She watched as Trent and another man lifted Marley to her feet.Emma enjoyed the woman crying and the blood and swelling she could already see.
“What’s going to happen with her?”Emma asked.
“She’ll be taken to the hospital, where they’ll check her over and then to the police department.”
Emma looked over her shoulder at him.“She’ll really get arrested?”
“Yes.She’ll probably not do any jail time, but it will scare her and be on her record.”
“Good.”
A few cops came out of the house and headed for Marley.
“How did they get here so quickly?”Emma asked.
“We called when we heard what Marley was saying.We all knew the stupid bitch wasn’t going to do anything, so it was safe to stand back.But we didn’t know you would be violent, and you’d go and beat the shit out of her.”
“Did you see what that bitch did to me?”Marley screamed, wrestling to get away from the cops holding her.“I want to press charges.”
Trent grinned.“I didn’t see anything.Did you, Damon?”
Damon shrugged.“No.I saw her trip and fall on her face, though.”
“That’s not what happened,” Marley bellowed.