Angela was taken to Hospital so I was hopeful that she was going to be ok, despite the injuries I had seen! I relaxed a little, and told the officer what I had seen and done, made a formal statement, and was left with my parents!
The next 2 months were a blur. Mom went to the hospital every day to see Angela and I was still at school, and had my weekend job as well, so I never got to go and see her for myself, but Mom told me she was doing ok! Then there was the trial! Richard was charged with attempted murder, and eventually convicted of it, and sent to prison for the rest of his life!
One Saturday in April, Mom told me Angela was coming home! I was excited to see her back again! Then it hit me! Would she even want to see me after what had happened? I was the first one there, I got her asshole husband convicted of attempting to kill her, and in my view, limited though it was, and I had wrenched her life apart and torn it down around her ears! Still, I went off to work knowing that she would at least be home!
When I got in from work, mom told me that we were going over to Angela’s to eat dinner! I went and washed and changed into clean clothes, and came downstairs! Just before we went over Mom took me to one side and told me not to stare at Angela, and that as a result of the accident, she had lost her right leg! She was very conscious about it, and didn’t like people staring! She also told me that Angela wanted to see me personally to thank me! I don’t think I have ever been so afraid and worried at the same time in my whole life!
When we got to Angela’s she was sat in a chair at the dinner table, with a blanket covering her from the waist down, but looked so wonderfully beautiful that it was hard to believe that she had suffered so badly just 2 months before! After we had eaten dinner, she thanked me for saving her life. I asked what she meant, and she told me that had I not pushed my T shirt onto the injury site she would have bled out in the street and would not have been alive when the Ambulance got to her! It struck me then that I had done a lot more than I ever thought when I had lost my memory of that night!
I apologized to Angela for getting her Husband arrested and for ruining her life, and to my amazement she began to laugh! She then explained about the argument and that as a result of my actions she had obtained a divorce, and also had discovered that Richard had a large inheritance that she had known nothing of which the judge had awarded to her in the divorce along with everything else! Richard had got nothing!! She also told me sadly that she had used much of the money to repair the house and pay off the mortgage as she would not be able to work again for a long time!
After that evening I realized I was still in love with Angela, but that I would never be able to do anything about it! But I was glad to know that she was home and feeling fine! Little did I know, or my mom for that matter, that it was all an act!
3 months later it was my Birthday! I had been out with a few friends bowling, having a few drinks, and generally having a good time! I decided to walk home while I was still able! It was about 1am when I started to walk up the street! I was a little drunk, but I was an adult and felt I had earned it! As I walked along I casually glanced at Angela’s house and was shocked to see her sat on the porch swing, with an automatic pistol pointed at her temple! I sped up, running across her front yard as quietly as I could! I didn’t want to startle her! She didn’t even see me! She was crying her heart out and had obviously been drinking!