I Am the Messenger Part 1 / Chapter K Summary

murder at the cathedral

  • Ed stares at the gun and wonders how he ended up here. He's no hero—he's just a cab driver for crying out loud—but now he's got a loaded gun with only one bullet meant for you-know-who.
  • Why him? And more importantly, what's he going to do about this?
  • He comes up with a plan, but as usual, we're in the dark about it. Step 1: He asks his boss if he can borrow the cab that evening. He isn't allowed to take it home, so he wants to get permission.
  • His boss seems like a jerk, but he lets Ed take the car this one time only.
  • Ed doesn't play cards with his friends that night, and neither does Audrey since she's got a hot date with some random from work.
  • Marv calls to check on Ed, since he didn't show up to the game; he also wants to make sure Ed's in for the Annual Sledge Game before Christmas. It's a big soccer game that Marv really wants them to play in, so Ed agrees.
  • Now it's time for Step 2 of Ed's plan: He drives by the drunk husband, and offers him a ride home, on the house. The guy agrees.
  • Ed takes him somewhere remote and hits him with the gun; when the guy comes to, Ed's standing over him, pointing the guy right at his eyes.
  • "Here's how it's gonna work: you're gonna do as I say, or else," Ed tells him.
  • Ed wants to know what to do. What would you do if you were in this situation? No really, Ed asks us that.
  • Since we're not there to actually help him though, Ed keeps holding the gun at the guy's face. He makes the guy admit that he rapes his wife every night, and then he tells the guy that right now he's as scared as his wife is every night.
  • Ed keeps holding the gun, and then he pulls the trigger.