"You are done for, Hadi."
Hadi stayed on the pavement with his face turned against the cracked stone. The anger had drained out of him now that the gun was gone and he had somebody stronger holding him down. His breathing came fast, and his eyes kept moving between me and the weapon lying near the fountain.
"Being high as fuck does not excuse what you were trying to do. Especially to Carmen."
"Yeah. You will have to explain the drugs to Marlon too."
After I got Hadi under control, I had called over the closest people around and told them what happened. Carmen explained it from the beginning as well. She had been watering the flowers when Hadi came up to her. At first, he had acted normal. Then he started insisting on helping, would not take no for an answer, and grabbed her when she tried to get away.
That was when I showed up.
