5 years
5 years. He keeps telling himself 5 years. It’s been 5 years. Since it all started. Since it all vanished. Since the last heavy rains washed away his sins.
5 years.
He stood outside the home of the victim once more, retracing his steps again. Rain was heavy. Rain was pelting down all around him. Washing away the sins once more.
But they stayed in his eyes. Desperation and glee that the case had never been solved. A family sat behind sheer drapes discussing how their day would go, only a member was missing.
He had taken her from them. And he had vanished. But 5 years is a long time. A lot of people get nostalgic. A lot of people want to rehash the past and recreate the same scene again so the exhilaration comes back.
And he knows the rain will wash his sins away once more. Just like they always do. He rifles through his pockets and begins his ascent up the stairs to their front entrance.
1 comment:
Subtle, I like. I assume he ran over their 6 year old daughter in a drunken binge? Or maybe the family of the lady that Sly drops in Cliffhanger? Maybe he's a lifeguard and she drowned on his watch? Maybe he's a veterinarian and their dog died because he gave it too much anestesia?
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