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About ten minutes before the time we needed to hit the point to leave, my friends and I managed to sneak up to the stairs that led to the employees' closets, and hid there to be able to move our cell phones until the time for us to go down. Small groups of employees did the same, hiding behind the cabinets so that the cameras would not catch them. I sat on the floor, put my backpack on my lap and unlocked my cell phone to see the message Flynn had sent me after I returned from my lunch break."I miss you," he said, with a sad emoticon."I miss you too," I replied, opening a smile."Do you have plans for tonight?""No. I usually spend my New Year's Eve alone. Beatrice and Gildeon, those two friends of mine who invited you for Christmas, are at his family's house. So, I only have my bed and some books as company.""So we're going to celebrate at my house.""Just the two of us?""My father and my dog too.""All right. I accept.""You had no choice.""I always have a choice, Mr. Ashton."
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The people in front of me knocked their points and wished good parties to those who were still waiting, and I also went ahead, walking in silence towards the door. Those five people who had left first were returning, with their backs to the door and with their arms raised against their heads. I frowned lightly, until I heard a bang, followed by another sequence as loud and strident as the first sound. I had never heard the sound of a shot. Especially when he was given so close, and my ear seemed to tremble until he got used to the sound frequency that sounded even after the employees at the door slid to the floor, slipping in the blood that exploded from their heads.The two employees who were still on their way to the door and were in front of me, tried to retreat, passing by me in such a hurry that my hair shook, but they did not get very far, since they were hit in the back. I heard a scream upstairs, and another sequence of bursts, as the employees fell down the stairs in a hurry
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My shoulder burned at the same moment that consciousness hit me. And it was a different kind of burning. My skin opened, my muscles moved away, and a bullet projectile lodged against my body, shaking blood and fluids in its path. The burning was like putting your hand in a very hot pan and then putting it in the water with ice. It was a kind of painful shock and I screamed when the consciousness of the shot reached my senses of survival.I had been shot. I knew I could have left and escaped that chaos, as soon as Lany's cronies made their first victims. I could be at that moment in Flynn's car, going home with him, in order to celebrate our New Year's Eve. I could have hidden anywhere else. But I wanted to show the cameras that I was as surprised as all the other employees. Because I expected to get out of there alive. I expected the police to question themselves about any suspicious activity on the cameras, and I didn't want to have problems in my future.My only problem would be the
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"Please," I begged, and I was actually asking him to leave before it was late. To give up while I still had a chance. I kept dragging myself on the floor, wanting to get away from him and his gun. Because I no longer believed that Lany would remember the friendship we had at that time. Not when he took his hand to the mask and threw it on the floor, ending his anonymous identity. " Enough of that.”"Counte, I'm sorry you've been hit," he explained, bending down and getting on his knees next to me. The eyes were reddish and covered by a shadow. He seemed unrecognizable. I felt terrible. I started to question if I really didn't deserve to die when I noticed the way he looked destroyed. "It wasn't in the plans to hurt you. I thought I would have run away when we passed you. I told you to be smart, Tasha. I said I was going to kill everyone.”"Leo, listen to me. You have to get out of here as soon as possible "I asked in a pleading tone. If Lany were caught, I would be discovered, and eve
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"Leo, if I survive, I swear I'll help you" I raised one of my hands to hold his, but my shoulder throbbed so much that I got sick. The gun was still pointed at my forehead, however, Lany stood still to listen to what I was saying. "Leo, if you let me out, I swear I can get you a lawyer. I swear I can try to get you out of jail. Maybe you're not even really arrested. If you are afraid of the DNA of your body that was on Diana's nails and mouth, you can rest assured. These analyses take too long, Leo. They won't be able to get to you anytime soon. Please, my brother, believe me. Please. Forgive me for the horrible things I said. You know I've always liked you.”Leo was silent for a moment, as if reflecting if I could be telling the truth. So, turning his head to observe the door that was beginning to open in the warehouse, he decided to make a choice, and unfortunately he chose his own death. In a second, I was lying in my own puddle of blood, in the other, I was being abruptly raised a
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I opened my eyes again, without sketching a reaction. The police lowered their hands, murmuring quickly among themselves. I didn't know what tactic they were using now, but the man who spoke went one step further, looking sincerely and cautiously in the direction of the gun that Lany pointed at me. Flynn stood out among all the police, because he also moved closer by listening to Leo's words."Which rich woman do you mean, Landon?”"The one who had two security guards and another man inside the house. "He spoke, raising his chin in a petulant way. "I killed her, sir. I killed her personally. I stabed her while she begged for help. I killed her without remorse, sir. Then, when I got home, I couldn't sleep or eat anymore. I could only hear her screams, sir.”"And why did you kill that woman, son?”"Because they told me to kill, sir.”"Who told you to kill, son?”Leo hesitated.I heard when he swallowed it dry, so that was the moment when I decided to stop him from having time to keep ta
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As a person who has always avoided going to hospitals, I need to say that it was a real shock to wake up in one's bed without having the idea of how much time had passed or even why I was there.The first notion I had of the return of my consciousness was to realize that my head hurt. And it wasn't a pain of the kind caused by a blow. She started behind the eyes and extended to the cocuruto, so that my vision remained blurred and blurry for a long moment. No matter how many times I rubbed my eyes, the images didn't focus, and the pain in my whole head just got worse.So I started to notice the sounds, or rather, the lack of them. My biggest problem with hospitals “apart from the doctors, the medicines, the sick and the terrible smell of diarrhea and blood that all public hospitals exuded “was the dying silence that surrounded the white and immaculate walls. I didn't like the lack of sounds, because that was always the prelude to something unexpected happening.But trying to sharpen my
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“Go ahead, Mr. Moura “asked Gildeon. "I just ask you to be careful with the most delicate issues about what happened, so as not to trigger emotional triggers in my client. In addition, I will just be observing the questions asked.”The investigator nodded, and moved in the chair, leaning slightly forward. Before he started talking, I remembered the YouTube criminal expert I was following. I remembered how I should act to seem cornered and afraid, so that he wouldn't realize that I had some kind of guilt to hide. I shrugged and relaxed my eyes, wanting to look as vulnerable as possible.“Miss Santos, I am sure you already know that we have been looking for this gang since the murder of Diana Garcia “he said in a rhythmic voice. “During the investigations of the case, we had already detected some fingerprints on the spot, such as a genetic material on the teeth and nails of the victim, which led us to the database of some small crimes caused by one of Of course, we had to work in secrec
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The nurse hurried to hold my arms, because I had lifted them both up to my face, and the serum hose was hanging to the point of letting go of the needle."Guys," asked the nurse, still trying to control my hiccups by desperate crying. "The patient is not in a psychological position to answer any question. I need you to leave. This young woman is not fully recovered from her injuries. And I need to make it very clear that the remedies can make your statements completely opposite to reality.”Gildeon stood up, but the investigator just waved his hand carelessly."We're already finishing," he said, tilting his head to observe me better. "Mrs. Santos, please continue. I promise not to ask any more questions until I receive a visit from a psychologist. I just need you to explain to me why you feel so guilty. Some collaborators report that during the moments when the individual took her hostage, he was offending her with words that would bring discomfort for any woman to listen to. Please t
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I woke up feeling so warm, comfortable, and free from any pain, that I didn't even remember being in a hospital bed anymore. I couldn't even feel that pungent and characteristic smell of hospitals. The impression I had was that I should have fallen into a sleep of the gods, because I felt revitalized. Still with my eyes closed, I cleared my ears, because I heard as if someone had just stumbled on one of the chairs next to my bed. I heard murmurs from someone who asked for silence and another someone who complained about my delay in waking up, so I opened one of my eyes and turned my head to find out who it was.“ Tas! " celebrated Beatrice, getting up from the chair to get to the bed. She stroked my hair, sliding her fingers against the strands spread on the pillow. "Friend, I was so worried. For God's sake. How can you get involved in so many dangerous things in a short time? My God!”"I'm fine," I answered in a low voice. "My shot wasn't even that serious.”"You gave us a beautiful
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