Everyone watched in shock as Lolita quickly grabbed the ledge and dangled from it. "Help!" Lolita screamed. Analisette and Rudolf Brushiwitz seen the fire trucks and began to push people to the side to make way for the fire fighters. Lolita then thought how foolish it had been to attempt to jump off the building, and how much easier it would have been to simply overdose or to slit her wrists. There was a reason she looked at the window, there was a reason she climbed on the ledge, and there was a reason that Rick and Adrine and Analisette and Rudolf were here trying to help. Lolita gripped the brick ledge and felt how coarse it was. She screamed in pain as it cut into the palms of her hands. "Hang on Lolita!" yelled Analisette from below. "Yeah,Hang on!" Analisette turned her head and seen Minerva had yelled it to Lolita. "Analisette,how long has she been up there?"Minerva asked walking towards Analisette struggling with grocery bags. "Shes been up there for about two hours, Adrine's up there trying to help.Where are the girls?"Analisette replied."At my mothers house,they needed to get away from all the packing of their fathers things and the flyers and everyone." Analisette shook her head in understanding and they both turned their attention back to Lolita.
Adrine acted fast as soon as he seen Lolita's hands on the ledge. He ran to the bedroom and grabbed the sheet and tied it tight around his waist.Next he ran to the furnace in front of the window and double knotted the sheet to the furnace. Then stepped out of the window.
"What are you doing Adrine? Are you crazy?" Lolita asked looking up at him. "I'm going to help you at least get back on the ledge.And crazy? You where the one on the ledge first remember." Lolita smiled at his reply. Adrine moved with catlike agility onto the ledge and thought,"Can I really save her?"
Meanwhile Rick had seen Lolita holding onto the ledge and thought,"Maybe I could pull her inside from the apartment below." He quickly matched up the apartments to where she might be. Then he herd a faint scream.He began to kick the door with all his strength and yelled,"Hold on Lolita I'm coming!" As the door began to give, he began to force his way in using his shoulder. Hitting it harder and harder and thinking of only her.
Lolita herd the banging,"Adrine what is that banging?Its coming from the apartment below." Adrine looked at the window and noticed Rick wasn't there,"Its either Rick or the Fire department." Lolita gasped as she herd the sound of the metal door hitting the wall. Rick rushed to the window and looked at Lolitas body dangling before him,her navel was exposed. Rick bit his lower lip with want, shook his head from side to side and remembered the situation before him. Adrine reached out to Lolita,"Grab my hand!" Lolita looked down and seen Rick opening the window, then looked up at Adrines hand and thought,"Rick barely knows me and he broke down a door for me,Adrine is on the ledge trying to help me.What have I done,putting innocent people on the line for my choice.I have to cooperate I have to make sure there safe." She looked up with tears in her eyes, "Its Rick,Whats the plan?"
Adrine called to Rick,"Rick I'm going to lower her down to you,tell me when your ready." Adrine was laying on the ledge and he looked down beyond Lolita and seen Analisette holding her mouth and crying. He had to focus he couldn't think of the fear and worry she was radiating, he had to help Lolita. Rick replied,"Alright Adrine I'm ready." Lolita felt Rick holding her legs and looked down at him."Lolita I'm not going let you fall." Rick said confidently. Adrine grabbed Lolita's Arm and said,"When I say your going to Let go of the ledge and I'm going to slowly loosen my grip on your arm and lower you to Rick." Lolita shook her head agreeing. "Rick you herd me right?!"Adrine yelled. "Yeah Adrine,I got her legs I'm ready when you are." Rick replied. Adrine stared into Lolita's eyes and said,"I'm not going to let you fall, Let go of the ledge." Lolita let go of the ledge and felt Adrines arm hit it hard as he held her body weight. Adrine yelled as he felt the stitches from his gunshot wound burst underneath his shirt. "Are you okay!" yelled Analisette and Rick. "Yeah, I'm good. I'm going to lower her to you Rick." he replied. Adrine loosened his grip on her arm and felt Rick pulling her inside the apartment below. As Adrine slid his hand from Lolita's wrist to her delicate hand, he realized her hand was raw from the ledge. He held her hand tight as the blood began to make her hands slippery.Lolita screamed. "Rick I cant hold her much longer her hands are bleeding!" Adrine said struggling and in pain. He replied,"Adrine shes about half way inside, i think i can hold her, Lolita let go." Lolita looked up at Adrine. "Go ahead Lolita he got you." Adrine and Lolita let go at the same time and Rick pulled her in. All of a sudden there was a loud "BOOM!", Lolita was on the floor of the apartment below. Rick held her in his arms and looked into her half opened eyes, "I told you I wasn't going to let you fall Sweety." He began to brush her hair back with his hand, then felt something wet. He looked at his hand, It was covered in her blood...
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