S is for strategize

Gordon didn’t sleep at all, he ran through his mind the facts as he knew them and tried to piece it together. The evidence was gathered and it all pointed at Big Bird.

Feathers,
Footprints,
No alibi for the time of the murder.

It all looked hopeless. Outside of the window there was a rummaging in the trash. Gordon peeked through the window and spotted Elmo, whom he hadn’t seen in months. Elmo scarfed down some discarded food remnants, Gordon, always the neighbour whispered to Elmo:

“Hey Elmo, come on up, I’ll fix you a sandwich!”

Elmo, startled at first relaxed and smiled at Gordon,: “I’d like that”.

Gordon helped Elmo through the window and sat Elmo down, it was obvious by Elmo’s appearance that he had been away for a bit.

Elmo recounted to Gordon the chain of events since his arrest. Gordon was perplexed by what Elmo knew, though he would not elaborate much. Gordon knew that deep down Elmo’s criminal tendencies were fuelled more by a desire to secure financial well-being than blood lust. Gordon reasoned with himself that the fact that Sal and Bif were dead was a small tragedy, since they basically were 75% of the crime in Sesame Street and their absence might cause things to cool off a bit.

Just before Elmo was caught two days ago something happened that he felt he needed protection. The gun used in Bif and Sal’s demise was planted with the foresight of what would happen. Elmo saw something the night of Maria’s murder and would not elaborate until he was sure he was going to be safe, so he turned himself in to police that night.

Elmo forgot his troubles for a while and expressed his desire to lead a normal life, Gordon agreed that his current path would only lead to prison or the grave. He suggested that Elmo do the right thing and talk to the Police about everything. Elmo snapped back to reality and grinned pensively: “yeah, maybe I should.”

Elmo left through the same window he had came and disappeared. He promised to keep in touch with Gordon and that he knew enough about what was going on to make him a target of more people than just Bruno. He asked that Gordon keep a ear open and that they would speak again soon.