16 Telepathic Girlfriend - Part 3 (2/2)

She pulled the boy with her away from the school and Marina rushed to catch them. She ran and grabbed the woman by the wrist just before they crossed the street corner. Ann ran after her girlfriend. She arrived in time to see the woman throw an angry glare at Marina.

”You again? What are you doing?” She hissed, but Marina ignored her and took the little boy's hand instead. She still had a grasp on the woman's wrist using her other hand.

”Your mom will be here soon, dear,” Marina said with a comforting smile. ”You shouldn't go with that woman.”

The boy looked confused, not knowing to which woman he should listen

”If you won't let me go, I'll call for help,” the woman said, trying to pull her arm.

”Do it,” Marina said with a defiant look. The woman pressed her lips.

Suddenly Ann understood what was going on. She was ready to say something when she heard a voice behind her.

”Fred!” A middle-aged woman ran towards them. Her face was pale and confused.

The little boy gave out a big smile and ran towards the woman, throwing himself in her arms.

”What is going on here, Fred?”

”That miss told me you asked her to get me,” the boy said while pointing to the woman on Marina's grasp.

”I suggest you call the police now, misses Green,” Marina said, not letting the woman go.

***

They spent the whole afternoon and a part of the night explaining everything in the police station. When they were allowed to go home, Ann invited her girlfriend to spend the night at her house.

The woman they caught had been stalking the little boy for days. His mother told the cop she saw the woman several times but never thought she was planning something like that. When they pulled her file, they found out she had been caught once accused of pedophilia. After hearing that, misses Green started to cry.

Before parting ways, the mother thanked Marina with tears in her eyes. She couldn't understand how Marina knew about it but said she had her gratitude forever. Ann watched everything without hiding how proud of her girlfriend she was.

”You were like a superhero there,” Ann said giving a cup of tea to Marina, who was waiting on the couch of her living room.

Marina took the cup and gave a vague look inside it. She seemed shaken about that situation.

”I'm not a hero,” she took a sip of the tea. ”I just couldn't let it go this time.”

”Don't say that. You saved that little boy. You were amazing,” Ann sat beside Marina and threw a smile at her. Marina shook her head.

”This one time, yeah. But a hero always helps people who are in trouble. Can you imagine how many times that happened when I couldn't do anything?”

”Oh,” Ann put her hand on her girlfriend's shoulder.

”This one time we were lucky. On that day, she was thinking the whole time how she was planning to kidnap that kid and,” she stopped and took another sip. Her lips were shaking. ”She was planning to…”

”You don't need to say,” Ann said and Marina nodded.

”But in several occasions, I heard thoughts like that. Like girls thinking about being beaten by their boyfriends or someone thinking about getting revenge for some petty reason. Some of them are terrible, but I can't do anything. Sometimes they're just a passerby. Sometimes I know nothing about their lives and where they live. I've made some anonymous complaints in the past. That worked as well as you would expect. The police won't investigate something seriously without some kind of proof.”

Marina finished the tea and placed the cup away. She looked at Ann and gave a bitter smile.

”I have seen and heard a lot of shit inside other people's minds.”

”T-That's…”

Ann hugged her girlfriend, pushing their body together.

”I'm sorry. I didn't know,” she patted Marina's hair. ”But you know. I really think you were amazing there. Now I know you're actually a nice person who cares about others.”

”I'm not. I know what you were thinking and you were right. I can't help hating people.”

”That's not true. You went that far to help that boy. I did think that, but isn't that hate born from caring about others? I mean, if you didn't care, why would you hate them for hurting each other? You hate them because you care.”

Marina placed her head on Ann's shoulder and let out a sigh. She gave a tired smile.

”I don't want to deal with anyone else today,” she said. ”I'll spend the night here.”

”Sure, I wouldn't let you go home, anyway.”

”Thanks. For tonight, I want to listen only to your pleasant thoughts.”

That made Ann blush as she hugged her girlfriend's body.