Judgment Call – December 27th – Scene 2

Gautier, Mississippi – 12:00 Central Standard Time

A cold gust of wind rushed past Rebecca as she opened the front door. Marco followed it in, brushing past her without a word. Johnny followed Marco in. “Hey, Becca.”

“Hey, Johnny. Where’s Ronnie?”

“Should be coming up the stairs.”

Rebecca looked through the kitchen door and noticed the scowl on Marco’s face as he placed the grocery bags on the kitchen counter, but what was new? She turned and stepped outside the apartment. Ronnie was walking toward her, carrying two bags of groceries.

“I was beginning to wonder if you had got lost,” she said.

“No chance of that,” he said, pecking her on the lips. “I left me a trail of beer cans.”

“So did everybody else.” She popped him on his behind as he entered the apartment.

“But those are Budweiser cans. I left Coors Light.”

“Glad you got a…