I am a killer. A cold killer. Yet I don't care.
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Edward is dead.
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Derek is dead.
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Joey is dead.
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Lawrence is wounded but he's in the hospital.
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All I need to do is find Luke who I'm sure is still at school.
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I walk in through the cafeteria and I turn on the lights. All of them. I don't need creepiness added to this equation. For the first time in a while, my phone buzzes.
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«Looking for me? Come to the lounge. We have much to discuss.»
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So I go. I let him believe I'm being manipulated. But this is my plan. I dropped my gun after shooting Joey in the neck. Doesn't mean I didn't pick it up, which in fact I did.
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But Luke doesn't need to know that.
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I enter the room that once protected me, and there we were, face to face. Finally every piece fit together perfectly.
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"Hello, Jade. Miss me?"
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"Hardly. How was juvie?"
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He gritted his teeth but replied. "Alright."
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Silence.
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Then he speaks. "You failed, you know."
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I grab my backpack and toss a tablet to him. Brand new. Lying to the officer at the hospital was the least of my problems. "The deal was this: bring me something worth over $50 and you win. Correct? So I passed."
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"Wrong," he says after examining the tablet. "You passed this part of the deal, but there were several more 'jobs' you were to do. Now. Unless you choose to continue, you fail."
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Hm. What a guy. "And what is to happen, should I choose to end this?"
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For a split second, I saw the old Luke. The bubbly one. But he dissipated soon after. "You can kiss your life goodbye and so can Lawrence."
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I take a step closer to Luke. "Luke... You're in there somewhere... I know what you feel. I know you're going through the kill-the-whole-world moment. I understand. Derek killed your best friend May 29, 3 and a half years ago, did he not? And you wanted revenge. Right? How he got to be in the store as a fake guard, I don't know and I guess I never will—"
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Luke's eyes are watery! And he interrupts with a cracking voice. "I convinced him to go. We were going to 'settle business'. But I was too afraid. That day... at the park... He didn't kill my best friend... He was the one who passed me the gun. The one who tied Rico down to a tree. Told me to do it. Said I'd be 'cool'. Made me do the work. I never forgave him..." He said looking away.
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"Luke... This delicate old you is the one that should be back... Please—"
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"NO!" He jumps up enraged and attacks me. I stumble backwards and shriek as he kicks my hip HARD.
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That is, of course, until he... ‘ceases to exist’...
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I can't believe I killed 3 men today.
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Buzz.
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«Thanks for doing my light work, sweetie.»
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If Luke wasn't the one sending those texts...
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