She had just closed the shop & even though it was late, her 4 year old son didn't seem hungry. He was used to it, the fluctuation of stability in her life. It was all her fault, if only she had been smart with David; if only he had accepted his son and rejected her. Jeff was all that mattered.
Jeff woke up & his head from her right shoulder. It seemed the volume of her thoughts had woken him. She patted his head &smiled down at him, he smiled back.
The fact that she could hear her own footsteps should have alerted her. It was a reminder that she was all alone in a dark alley.
As she turned around a corner, she came face to face with a man. She missed a heartbeat & moved back slowly. He followed her, his bloodshot eyes searching her face. He grinned & she could swear it was the devil in between his teeth.
She held Jeff close to her.
It was a singular act of protection that the man noticed & the grin disappeared.
"i had a boy just like him" said the man. Then he broke into a laugh which sounded more like a cough. "i killed him & his mama yesterday. I stabbed her again & again"
He was coming closer!
She put Jeff down and pushed him behind her. Whatever was coming, she would recieve it first.
"I have some money. You can take it all" she pleaded. The man smiled.
"That was my intention miss. Was. But after seeing you & remembering my wife. I have to kill you. You don't deserve to look like her"
"Please sir" she pleaded, still moving backward & hoping she could get back into the main street.
"There's no escape lady but, i'll let your boy live"
To show the finality of his statement he pulled out a knife. She picked up Jeff who had been quiet all along and ran.
With quick steps, the man was behind her. He pulled her by the hair to the ground and pushed Jeff away. Jeff tumbled and hit his head on a wall. He was dazed.
The man held her neck and stabbed her again and again, smiling. Jeff just watched...powerless. The man dropped the dead body of his mom to the ground, flashed Jeff a grin and walked away.
Jeff was so weak, he couldn't get up. He just watched the blood pool around his mother's lifeless body.
He knew she was dead. It was the night Jeff died and, the killer Kross was born.
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poor baby..i hoped till the last second she could get away
ReplyDeleteThat's sweet. But then it's mostly from tragedy that evil is born. Jeff would be affected by what he saw that night.
ReplyDeleteJeff would turn on the world...revenge. Becoming the killer, Kross. Expect more and thanks for reading.