She'd have preferred the electric chair. Even torture, a little watter-boarding couldn't possibly hurt THAT bad. But this, this was the worst punishment she could ever imagine.

She sat in the church pew, holding the envelope in her hand. Yeah, the cops actually let her keep the bounty from the hit. The only catch was that she had to sit through the funereal.

She watched the man's wife comfort a six year old. She could've sworn she heard the words, "where's daddy?" No matter how hard she tried to convince herself that her mind was playing tricks on her, no matter how much she wanted to believe the man she'd killed was a bad person, those two words would echo in her head for the rest of her life.

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Galen almost 14 years ago

Intriguing concept. You really get into the empathy.

mgroat (joined about 14 years ago)

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She'd have preferred the electric chair.
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