Vodyan’s Epilogue
I t took three long fucking years, but I finally got it done. We were by that shipwreck where Carver went down, and Agent Beck was cuffed to the cage, shivering and wide-eyed. I gave him an air tank but no fancy suit. I didn’t care if he was cold.
“You must be so confused,” I said, baring my teeth at him. “You must have thought no one found out, didn’t you? You probably felt so smart taking Carver’s money. With one hand, you sent Zoe into the lake, and with the other, you pointed Carver in the right direction.”
Beck had walked free. I told no one about the information I’d tortured out of Carver, knowing from the start Beck was mine to deal with. He sold Zoe’s life for money.
In my eyes, there could be no bigger crime than hurting my family.
“With Carver, it was quick,” I mused, playing with a long, serrated knife. “You, however, evaded me for a long time. I’m going to have fun. You know I saved you for last? Only a few months ago, I had another guy here. Zoe’s ex. He recorded her having sex with him without her consent and sold the videos to Carver. I made him bleed, nice and long. And then I went home to fuck my wife the way that fucker never even could.”
Beck shook his head wildly, whimpering noises building in his throat. I grinned.
“And after I’m done with you, your body cut into pieces small enough to go between those bars, you know what I’ll do?”
He didn’t answer, but then, he was gagged. His eyes were wide, though. I gave him the goggles so he saw every detail of what I did to him.
“I’ll go home to my family, hug my wife and children, and feel good about myself, knowing that I removed a piece of scum from this Earth,” I said calmly, gripping his hand. “A thumb or a pinkie?”
It took me two hours, and by the time I was done with Beck, his body a 3D puzzle so much better than Carver’s, I missed my wife and children terribly, since we were never apart for long. We had three kids now, because we’d adopted an orphaned vodnik girl six months ago.
Zoe loved them all, and I was so proud of her. She was a beautiful mother, a gorgeous wife, and everything I ever wanted in a woman. Even now, after three years, I couldn’t get enough of her, and I didn’t think I ever would.
Leaving the painful past behind, trapped in an underwater graveyard, I went home to my family. I longed to tell each of them how much I loved them.
THE END