Chapter 68
Tonight’s the night. I can’t wait any longer. They want their money and they’re getting impatient. I need to be single-minded and do what I have to do. There’s no time for sentiment. She didn’t care that I was left without a mother at such a young age. This is payback.
I park my car around the corner and walk to the house. It’s in total darkness, no lights are on. Everyone’s in bed. I stop outside the front door and listen. All quiet.
Do I go in the front door or the back? I’ve thought about this all the way over here. The back is the best. It’s easier to sneak in and out that way.
I climb over the gate, unbolt it so I can make a quick getaway then creep over to the back door. I’m wearing trainers so that I don’t make any noise, and gloves so that I don’t leave any fingerprints. Although the police would expect my fingerprints to be here, wouldn’t they?
I take the key out of my pocket and open the back door, pausing to listen. There’s no sound. I gently push the door open and creep inside. I can smell the smoke in the kitchen. That plan that went wrong. This one isn’t going to fail.
I go into the back room, it’s dark and it takes me a while to focus.
I see the shape of the bed and carefully make my way over to it, picking up a cushion from the chair as I do so.
I stand over her for a while, watching her breathe.
She’s fast asleep. She won’t feel a thing.
Then I hold the cushion in front of me and bring it down over her face.
‘What the hell do you think you’re doing?’ a voice roars from behind me.
I panic and swing around, my hand reaching for the nearest thing. The table lamp. I bring it down on their head. There’s a scream and a thud.