Charlotte Thornhill glimpsed up for a moment , while she was reading the local newspaper. Her red opaque marker made her best friend , Dana look like the evil herself. Correction: X-best friend Dana.
As he stabbed her eyes with needles she kept on reading... “Dana Howlett works her way to the top. Yesterday she even rescued nearly 20 people from being killed in a car crash...
Charlotte could feel shivers down her spine. She hated this person enough to lose her head.
The first thing she thought of was her x-housbands butchlersknife, which was lying in drawer nr 2 next to her bed. She kept it there to be safe and sound since she was living alone in the appartment at the time.
She called up Dana at her 1st class office and invited her over for dinner the next day.
Charlotte grinned and lit a cigarette. According to her plan everything was going just perfect. All she had to do was kill Dana, and then her anger could fly away and perhaps she could finally have some peace in her life.
She was really proud of herself , and she longed for someone to tell her exciting plans to. She had made a list of names who were under reconciliation.
She went through the list two more times and after that , there were only two names remaining. She picked the one she had the most aquaintance to.
His name was Alex, and he lived next door.
The doorbell made an ecco in the hall and a few seconds later she could hear thundering footsteps approaching her.
“Oh , hi Charlotte.”
Her voice was clear and unfaltering “Do you mind if I come in for a sec?”
The cup of tea made her feel more certain as she was plucking up the courage to tell him.
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Alex`s coulor was back and his breathing was regular , but his hands were shaking ever so slightly.
A red haze filled his mind and he slowly relaxed ..”I hope these things you`re telling me is no more than a heartless joke”...
She regreted the choise of man at the minute. Then she made him promise that he wouldn`t tell a soul.
The judgement-day came quicker than she expected. It didn`t take long until she sat there at the dinner-table, staring directly at her soon-to-be-exterminated.”best friend”, Dana.
She had to do it all by herself, meaning that Alex had withdrawn from the execution.
She felt a bit tense, but also exited about what was going to happen.
The words “I have a surprise for you” broke the silence as dana looked anxiously up from her plate.
Dana`s soft and tender voice pressed out a “Oh you didn`t have to , this is way over the line of hospitality”-sentence and got the astomblishing answer “The pleasure is all mine”.
With the butchlersknife in the one hand and a rope in the other, Charlotte reappeared in the livingroom.
Dana was white as a ghost and her eyes were wild-looking like an animal in a trap. “Nooooooo...”
That were her last words.
The cold air outside made it difficult to breathe. She had planned to dump the corpse at the top of the “Rockview-hill”. On her way there, she thought about her actions and didn`t regret a single minute.
A cold wind came whistling across the open space. It was nearly midnight by now and she could feel energy seeping out through her pores.
She was sleepy and freezing and wanted to be home in bed, safe and warm under the covers with “John Doe” `s arm across her.
She dropped the corpse at the “lookout” and burned all evidences pointing in her direction.
MISSION ACCOMPLICHED..
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According to the Seattle-court of law , you are on trial for the murder of Dana Howlett on the night of 19th november this year. Remember that you are under oath in this court and you are bound to tell the truth.
Do you, Charlotte C. Thornehill sweare to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
TO BE CONTINUED....