nancy werlocks diary s02e12 (4 page)

“What, you think a jury is going to find her not guilty because Exodus says you are supposed to die?”

“No, I think crazy attracts crazy and if I press charges this entire thing becomes a circus. A very dangerous circus.”

I leave them to finish the clean-up and go into my office. I call Lee to tell him what happened. He offers to leave work and come over to keep me company, but I tell him not to. Right now all I want to do is go curl up in a ball in my bedroom and hide. Lee, of course, agrees with Houston and Eric. He becomes a little agitated when I try to explain to him why pressing charges is a bad idea.

“You shouldn’t allow these Christians to have so much power over you,” he says.

“Most Christians aren’t like this, Lee.”

“Of course they are. The only difference between most Christians in this country and Muslim terrorists is that the Christians are too lazy to give up their comfortable homes to blow shit up.”

“Lee! Your parents are Christians, remember?” There is a long pause. I hear his breath getting heavy like he is having trouble breathing. “Lee? Are you okay?”

“I’m sorry, Nancy. I…I…I didn’t mean that. I’m just upset about what happened. I wasn’t there to protect you. I should have been there.”

“Lee, its fine. I was more than capable of protecting myself. I’m not helpless.”

“If something happens to you…I don’t know what I would do.”

“Nothing is going to happen to me. I didn’t call you to get you worked up. I just wanted you to know what happened.”

“You sure you don’t want me to come over?”

“No, I need to let Mom know what happened and discuss things with her. It will be best for me to just do that and then chill out the rest of the night and get myself together.”

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October 26
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My phone rings at 5:30 in the morning. It is the police station.

“Mrs. Werlock? This is Officer Lopez.”

“Oh.” Though he is trying to convey calm and control, his voice is cracking enough that I already realize what happened. “What happened?”

He tells me that Mrs. Williams had a psychotic breakdown while waiting for her attorney to show up and post bail, because even though I had said I didn’t want to pursue the case, the prosecutor filed the assault charges anyway. He can’t give me too many details at this time, but at some point she ended up in cardiac arrest. They were unable to save her.

“What about her children?” I ask.

“I’m sure Family Services is making sure they are taken care of.”

“I see.”

I hang up with Officer Lopez and spend the next half hour just staring at my alarm clock.

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