BEST FRIEND

“Step down from there Peter, please.” Bruce entered the terrace “What are you doing up there?” “She left me Bruce.” The bottle in his hand waved about the rum inside “Peter, we’ll have a good talk about it later. Get down from there first.” “Why did she kill herself?” “You’ll lose balance and you’ll fall.” Bruce shouted “Now get down” “Does it really matter what happens to me now?” Peter turned around and looked at him “I want to go to Mina.” Tears in his eyes “It matters to me.” Bruce walked towards the parapet slow and steady, “I’m your best friend.” “If she had a problem” Peter looked down from the forty storied building “She could have talked to me” “I’m right here.” Bruce extended his hand “Grab my hand.” “Just a voice message” “I know. She told you to forget her. Now grab my hand.” “A month from today, we would have been married. Maybe now she’ll know how much I loved her.” He extended his foot into the air “Listen up you scum” He grabbed Peter’s hand “I made Mina send you that voice message before I choked the life out of her. I wanted her but she loved you” He pushed Peter off the terrace “Nobody rejects me”