11-01-2020, 08:48 PM
Their day had been wonderful.
Lunch in the city, a walk in the park and a drive through the countryside. All the makings of a very
cliche movie but this was real. And Johnny and Delia had enjoyed every last minute of it!
They returned to Delia's hotel room where they would sit and talk about the night ahead of them.
A knock at the door caught them both by surprize.
"You expecting someone?" Johnny asked, standing from the chair at the small table.
"No, no one" Delia said.
He walked over and opened the door to find their old friend. Orville.
Johnny looked him in the eye, then over to Delia. She gave a nod and Johnny pulled the
door wider as their guest entered the room.
"Is everything alright?" she asked the uneasy looking man.
Orville moved his eyes from Delia to Johnny and back. Then, he reached into his coat pocket
and removed a small silver cylinder. Holding it in his large hand, he offered it to Delia. She took
it from him and brought it closer to inspect with a quizzed look. It was the same kind of cylinder
that freed Mitchell Mahoney from his life of petty crime.
"Jam it into that bitch's neck and she'll no longer be anyone's problem" Orville said flatly.
Delia looked up at him with one of those kinds of looks. Then, over to Johnny.
"Orville, I don't know... I don't think I... can do this" she said honestly.
She knew what it was. She also knew she'd never done that kind of thing before.
Sure, she'd killed a few people in the line of duty, clean kills. But to be close enough
to look them in the eye as you inject them with their ticket home... it just felt like too much.
"Good thing I came prepared" he added, pulling out another cylinder. Holding it up for her like before.
Delia took the second one in hand, looking at it before turning her eyes back to Orville.
"What's this?" she asked.
"Open it" he said.
She took the lid off and squinted to see inside.
"Turn it. The bottom" Orville kindly instructed.
Delia did and what do you know. Like an old friend.
"It's lipstick!" she declared as she raised it towards her face.
"NOOOO, don't!" Orville said in an almost shout, startling both Johnny and Delia.
"One application is enough to end a very bad career" he said.
Delia now looking at the silver tube with great uncertainty.
"How am I supposed to get Vickie to use it?" she asks.
Orville reaches into his pocket a third and final time.
"That's why you're going to need this!" he says as he hands her a small dark vial.
She takes it into her hand. Then, that sinking feeling...
"What's this?" she asked.
"The antidote" Orville returned.
Delia looked at him and then to Johnny. If this meant what she thought it did...
"So let me get this straight - I apply this to Vickie's lips... with MINE" she uttered in a defeated tone.
"Preferably an open mouth. Mucus membranes, faster delivery" Orville said with the slightest hint of a grin.
Delia stood looking at him disgusted.
"I should've just let her kill me" she grumbles.
"The antidote, you'll want to take before going inside. The other, just before the encounter" he said now giggling.
Delia was already having a bad night and it was only 6pm.
"Alright Orville, it's time for you to go" she said as she put her hand on his back and pushed him to the door.
Once in the hall, Orville turned to face Delia.
"Do this for ALL of us" he asked genuinely.
"You got it" she said. The tall man disappeared down the finely carpeted hallway.
She closed the door and walked over to Johnny, standing just before him.
"For all the tea in China" he said lovingly.
"Every last leaf" she answered.
Lunch in the city, a walk in the park and a drive through the countryside. All the makings of a very
cliche movie but this was real. And Johnny and Delia had enjoyed every last minute of it!
They returned to Delia's hotel room where they would sit and talk about the night ahead of them.
A knock at the door caught them both by surprize.
"You expecting someone?" Johnny asked, standing from the chair at the small table.
"No, no one" Delia said.
He walked over and opened the door to find their old friend. Orville.
Johnny looked him in the eye, then over to Delia. She gave a nod and Johnny pulled the
door wider as their guest entered the room.
"Is everything alright?" she asked the uneasy looking man.
Orville moved his eyes from Delia to Johnny and back. Then, he reached into his coat pocket
and removed a small silver cylinder. Holding it in his large hand, he offered it to Delia. She took
it from him and brought it closer to inspect with a quizzed look. It was the same kind of cylinder
that freed Mitchell Mahoney from his life of petty crime.
"Jam it into that bitch's neck and she'll no longer be anyone's problem" Orville said flatly.
Delia looked up at him with one of those kinds of looks. Then, over to Johnny.
"Orville, I don't know... I don't think I... can do this" she said honestly.
She knew what it was. She also knew she'd never done that kind of thing before.
Sure, she'd killed a few people in the line of duty, clean kills. But to be close enough
to look them in the eye as you inject them with their ticket home... it just felt like too much.
"Good thing I came prepared" he added, pulling out another cylinder. Holding it up for her like before.
Delia took the second one in hand, looking at it before turning her eyes back to Orville.
"What's this?" she asked.
"Open it" he said.
She took the lid off and squinted to see inside.
"Turn it. The bottom" Orville kindly instructed.
Delia did and what do you know. Like an old friend.
"It's lipstick!" she declared as she raised it towards her face.
"NOOOO, don't!" Orville said in an almost shout, startling both Johnny and Delia.
"One application is enough to end a very bad career" he said.
Delia now looking at the silver tube with great uncertainty.
"How am I supposed to get Vickie to use it?" she asks.
Orville reaches into his pocket a third and final time.
"That's why you're going to need this!" he says as he hands her a small dark vial.
She takes it into her hand. Then, that sinking feeling...
"What's this?" she asked.
"The antidote" Orville returned.
Delia looked at him and then to Johnny. If this meant what she thought it did...
"So let me get this straight - I apply this to Vickie's lips... with MINE" she uttered in a defeated tone.
"Preferably an open mouth. Mucus membranes, faster delivery" Orville said with the slightest hint of a grin.
Delia stood looking at him disgusted.
"I should've just let her kill me" she grumbles.
"The antidote, you'll want to take before going inside. The other, just before the encounter" he said now giggling.
Delia was already having a bad night and it was only 6pm.
"Alright Orville, it's time for you to go" she said as she put her hand on his back and pushed him to the door.
Once in the hall, Orville turned to face Delia.
"Do this for ALL of us" he asked genuinely.
"You got it" she said. The tall man disappeared down the finely carpeted hallway.
She closed the door and walked over to Johnny, standing just before him.
"For all the tea in China" he said lovingly.
"Every last leaf" she answered.
