Set Me Alight (15 page)
Authors: Bill Leviathan
After I took the time to wipe the blood and gore off my face, I remembered that Christine was still in the room. She had backed herself into a corner. I imagine she was terrified that I was going to start chopping away at her next. I wasn’t sure what to do about her. I still felt conflicted about how we parted ways, but at least she stopped burning the documents when I entered.
“Christine, I have one favor to ask of you.”
“W-what it is it, Pete?”
“Tell me your real name. That’s all I want to know.”
“It’s Kelly. Listen, Pete, I didn’t mean for-“
“That’s a nice name, Kelly. It was nice spending some time with you before, but I’m afraid the time for us to be together is over. Now, please, leave, and never come back. You told me we’d come here to finish what Paul had started. You may not have said that with any sincerity, but I still plan on seeing it through. So, goodbye, Christine. I mean Kelly. I hope you have a good life, and I hope I never run across you again.”
She got up, walked past me, and out the door. I half hoped she would stop and turn around, allowing one last exchange of eye contact before we finally parted ways, but that wasn’t the case. She just upped and left to start a new life, no longer under the thumb of Mr. Plunder. I’m sure the sob story she told me about her and her father was made up, just like everything else she had ever told me, but that was a lie I chose to continue to believe. One way or another I doubt she did what she did out of malice or her own choosing. Like Mr. Plunder said, only a chosen few lived their lives the way they wanted. The rest of us had to fight for the scraps that were left behind. I hoped that it was all about to change, but I wasn’t about to hold my breath over it. Whatever happened as a result of all the shit Paul started, it was going to be painful, for everyone.
Now, time to sort through all these documents.
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