“I can do this, I can do this,” Jackie repeated as Freeze ended the call. She understood what she had to do to save her best friend’s life.
Freeze got in his Navigator and dialed a number.
Tammy Crane began to stir in her bed when she thought she heard the phone ringing. This was her night off from Montefiore Medical Center and she had just drifted off to sleep.
Tammy worked as an Emergency Medical Technician, assigned to an ambulance. She and her partner, Rico, let it be known to a certain clientele that for the right price they could use their medical services, no questions asked.
She opened her eyes and slowly realized that it was her cell ringing. Tammy rolled to the edge of the bed and reached into her purse. She looked at the display, saw the word Freeze on the screen and snatched it open. “Hello,” she said in a whisper.
“Did I wake you, baby?” Freeze asked.
“Yeah, but it’s cool. You coming over?” Tammy asked and sat up in bed.
“I was hopin’ I was gonna catch you out in the street tonight.”
“Why, what's up?” Tammy said and wrapped the sheet around her body.
“I need your help, baby, that’s what's up,” Freeze told her definitely.
Tammy could sense something was going on by Freeze’s tone and that it wasn’t her personal skills that he was in need of, but her professional ones. “I got my stuff, so just come get me.” In an attempt to lighten the mood she added, “I’ll throw on some tight jeans, a T-shirt and some pumps and I’ll be waiting for you.”
“You know how I love to see that fat-ass in tight jeans and pumps. I’ll be there in five minutes.”
Meanwhile, Jackie thought about a secluded spot so she could try to stop the bleeding. Earlier in the day, she had dropped off a cold car in front of an abandoned building on 140th and Jackson Avenue, she figured that somewhere around there would be the best place to go. When she found a spot with a dim street light, she turned off her headlights and parked the Hummer. Jackie turned on the interior light and hoped it wouldn’t attract much attention as she climbed in the back seat.