Chapter 1 - The Rich But Giving Man
It was a day like any other as I sensed that it was time for me to close a chapter in someones life, as it's not the best job in the world but I take to heart what I do even though I am cursed every day because people just don't understand that that death has a life and is not a punishment neither is it a curse as it is perceived and presented to be, so it's not a punishment by the devil but it's all part of nature and even though I'd sometimes be resistant to take some lives and sometimes eager to do so but at the end of the day when it was time it had to be done and I had to take their souls to where it belongs away from their earthly bodies and into a better one one of purity .
I normally like to study the lives I take before going ahead to capture their souls even if it's not a really pleasant ordeal to look back at the life and moments of someone who will die even though I am not responsible for their deaths I am responsible for the final moments their souls have before I lead them to the above for the judgement and recollection of how they spend their lives I haven't been to the above but I do know who will make it and those who won't based on what I have seen on how they lived their lives up until the last moment . It might not be your ideal suit and tie occupation but it's a job that has to be done .
The next person on my list was a man who had struggled to be as wealthy as he was and yet he still gave back to the community. It was in the summer of 1945 a woman who was widowed by war and for the love of a young veteran they had great love for each other but he was called to war with the hope of returning and being with his family but he never returned I remember being there in the middle of all the bombing and shooting that was a period where I had to take alot people with me and I remember before taking him he pulled out a picture from his pocket it was that of his love he gave it a kiss before he faced death like a man even though he fought hard for it I could see the courage in his eyes because this was not a man that died because of lust or greed but because to protect people he never even knew this was a character that would eventually be passed on into the life of his child, men like him make me to wonder how it felt to be human.
It was a difficult birth full of pain and anguish but at the end of it all a boy was out and bouncing she decided to name him Peter the name of his father and then Peter Jackman was born and his journey was just about to begin. As a kid Peter was very smart and also did alot of running around even though he was smart he never did well in school but one day his history teacher sat him down and asked him if he ever wanted to come out of poverty he answered yes and she told that the only way was his education and from that day forward he became a bookworm and he became one of the best students in the state and won a scholarship to a very good University but his mother who he loved so I much wasn't able to see him succeed all the way had also passed on she had a lovely childhood her father really loved her even though her step-mother didn't really show her enough compassion she was still able to pull through. It was a painful period for him after being orphaned but he was more determined than ever so he bagged a degree in auto mobile engineering but he lost his first job after insulting the manager that he had no vision so he quit and became a mechanic but after a while he descided that his small business could become something greater so he gathered some money and started his own auto mobile company he called petsey his neighborhood nick name he taught it was catchy at first things were a bit slow but later things began to pick up but it took him five years and in the space of five years he took to the bottle to drown all his problems in until the boost his business needed finally came but his drinking habit never left him it was a rainy day when he was trying to catch a ride back home to Boston he was able to hitch a ride on a train where he met Jonathan Willow who an advertising agent who worked for pesko a popular beer company we hit of when we started talking and then he asked about what he did for a living and Peter explained to him and then Mr Willow proposed a business deal to him he'd pay a whooping sum of $250,000 if he could produce 155 race cars in two months it was a hard job that needed a lot of hands and a lot of hands he got after returning to his home town to gather a lot of youth but he didn't just find the youth he found something or rather someone it was a lady by the name of Catherine Heathers a blonde beauty a lady of whom he fell in love with at first site. As it was Peter had no experience with women or love his only area of expertise was how to wip up a good engine but he knew in his heart that Catherine was a woman meant for him at first she seemed a bit sceptical about his approach but Peter wasn't one to give up and so they started courting not minding anyone but at the same time had to focus on his work so two months in the cars were in and ready to go and so was his love.
It was a breezy day of 1975 as Peter was out on his porch having a drink as Catherine slipped her arms around him and whispered into his ears asking Peter when he'd marry the both of them, in that moment Peter turned back and held his love with so much joy and happiness and at this time Peter was relatively rich and comfortable after his successful business deal which he became over two million dollars richer and was ready to spend it on his wedding and so in 15 days they were Mr and Mrs Jackman. After their wedding it was time for their honeymoon in Zimbabwe and as they were viewing all the sites and different animals Peter sat back for some time and looked at his surroundings and noticed how poor and how badly they needed help and so before heading back he made an arrangement of a deposit of an astonishing $50,000 per month to the homeless people. Peters work didn't stop in Zimbabwe it also cut across other countries and he also made sure that he established various orphanage homes across America and also funding single mothers support foundations at this time any one and every one who needed help would go to Peter. Peters son was a very handsome looking boy he was a boy who in my own opinion looked a lot like his grandfather maybe he had come back to recover lost time. Peter and his wife went on to have three more children and Peter would never stopped giving up until the point I came in to do what needed to be done and has I had predicted his son who was also named Peter for some odd reason took care of him and has I placed my hand upon his chest his heart was beating happily like a life well spent and has I felt his soul being extracted I said to him well done as it was truly a life well spent as he was able to give up the bottle long before I took him it was a delight knowing he didn't die running from the police or taking drugs or jumping of a building but in his sleep at a very old age.
I took Peter at the age of 92 and I was able to smile see his soul ascend above because his case was a case where I knew where he was going to and am sure he will meet with his father. Good bye Peter Jackman I said to my self good bye. It's sad knowing when one's gone they are gone forever and even though I try to be as cold as possible it's still very hard and I have to move on so who will it be whose life will I visit next will it be that of a mother or that of a man with on a path to destruction I wonder and am sure you will also be wondering who is next? And whose story deserves to be told who else will give me the pleasure of taking the journey of a wonderful life.
Chapter 2 -The Red Haired Lady
As usual I have my time of rest for there is always a time and period when am not needed for there is no one that knows this time of peace exists. I got up from the clouds in which I laid and knew what had to be done and so as curious as ever I had a look at what was happening and to my surprise I saw two souls bound together and ready to be taken as one and I had never experienced such a bond I then looked deeper and saw two lovers one dieing in a pool of blood and the other barely catching a breath.
I knew this case deserved to be for me to have a look at what led to my being there and their story told. It all started when a young man from England who went by the name Sean Roberts, he was from the coast of Liverpool. Sean was born to parents Caroline and Bob Roberts whose marriages were arranged by their parents and so Peter never thought true love never existed but unknown to him his destiny will come his way in an unexpected manner. Peter was born into poverty so would often do odd jobs, as it was Peters father lost his leg so most of the burden laid upon shoulders at a very young age while his mother was a seamstress and his father even not being able to move around very well he was still able to get some jobs as a goldsmith. When Peters father was 18 just getting ready for manhood he was told it was time for him to get married even though he had never met the girl before his parents insisted and three days after he met his wife to be who was although also shy but was a very pretty girl, they were then left in a room to talk for an hour but one was always waiting for the other to speak, this they did until time was up and they won't meet until their wedding.
On the day of their wedding both parties were trembling and whenever ever the priest asked for the i-dos a chill will run down their spines. The worst was yet to come for the newly weds as their wedding night came they both got undressed still feeling ashamed, then thirty minutes passed as Bobs manhood was dangling about and and just standing there doing nothing until they both noticed the moon and in amazement the first words they said to each other was "wow", they then began to discuss and before the morning they were both disvirgined and this resulted to the birth of Peter.
Meanwhile on the other side of the world there was a couple that struggled to have children. They were a German couple whose marriage was also arranged but only because both families could maintain their status. Philip Draxler and Yvonne Draxler were the names of the couple. And so three years passed as there was no outcome, then a thought came to Philips wife Yvonne that he should make love to the maid for she thought she couldn't bare a child. The husband reluctantly agreed to his wifes preposition to sleep with the maid and give them the child which was a decision they will later regret for alas she was pregnant with her own child.
Bertha was the name given to the beautiful red head baby, it would soon be time for her father to travel to the Munchen because he was on history way to becoming a general. Bertha was never loved by her mother and prefferd her own daughter who was given the name Cecilia because deep down Bertha was much more beautiful than her as Bertha had the most beautiful curled red hair that breathe fire away from her beautiful icy skin.
Very soon their paths will soon cross. Years passed as the world was also beginning to change as talks of war started turning up and soon Philip would soon have to travel to England's for the war after being appointed as a general, but his wife did what she knew best by convincing her husband to take them along to England.
At this time Sean Roberts and his family were extremely poor as the war rendered them homeless so they decided to move to London seeking better opportunities because of services that would help them cater for their needs. Meanwhile Philip and his family were set to arrive in a secluded area in London as Phillip would be hoping to meet up with some other generals and to check up on a spy that went by the name Godwin who had spent a considerable amount of time in England searching for something they could use to counter their enemies and have an upper hand in the war.
Sean was able to get a job in downtown London as the gardner of a family that just arrived from Germany, but unknown to him they were not there just for recreation but to strategise for war. The morning on his first day on the job came as he stepped up to a rather quite home, he knocked several times but no answer but not giving up he hit the door more and more in frustration because he needed the job, he then gave the door a final knock which after he began taking some steps away from the house with his head down in disappointment until a young beautiful lady stepped out trying to apologize for not coming earlier but Sean was gazing upon her lovely pink lips all the way to her piercing green eyes and then her skin, but Sean wasn't the only one that was felt something but, as Bertha also felt a similar connection as she was looking over his fairly toned up body, and they kept staring at each other for fifteen minutes saying things that didn't really make sense until Bertha invited him inside and they began to introduce themselves and talk while looking into each others eyes, and Sean then realized that he had spent a considerable amount of time talking to Bertha and forgetting the reason he was there, and as Peter was up he was instantly had a moment with Bertha and all of a sudden their lips touch and they shared a beautiful kiss, it was a kiss that I personally considered as the kiss of two people truly in love.
Sean and Berths love began to develop as they would meet up every Wednesday when her father was attending to military matters and her mother off to her love nest with the district attorney. Sean had made some money an decided to buy Bertha a necklace one that would represent their love for one another, and when Bertha received this gift she felt touched especially knowing that Sean was poor and didn't have much.
After spending some time with Sean Bertha returned home and heard some moaning, she slowly and quietly walked into her parents room and made a gruesome discovery that sent chills down her spine as she saw her mother untop of the DA on the same bed she shared with her husband. Bertha felt very hurt and found refuge in the arms of Sean who seemed to be the only one apart from her father loved her, but her mother pleaded with her not to mention this to her father because he will be very hurt, she began to ask Bertha things that I thought she should be asking herself, telling her to remember the man that loved her all her life an carried his blood as he raised her with so much love and care, so Bertha decided to keep it a secret.
Even after the hurt she was going through Sean was always there for her and because of this she told him about her fathers intentions because at that time a number of bombs were being dropped over numerous places all over England. This left Sean in a state of confusion even though he was a bit disappointed his love for Bertha was stronger than him and could not keep her away from him. He took her to the community of people affected by the war not to taunt her or make her feel bad but to introduce her to his parents, and they absolutely loved her kind hearted innocence.
Peters father sat down and put two and two together and figured out that what would family doing in their enemies territory if not to see their downfall, he felt very disappointed that his son chose his love for a woman over the lives so many people and questioned his son but because of the love of the read head lady beaming through his eyes he said nothing until he waited for me to come, I had this strange feeling he could see me and I was waiting for me.
It was a magical day because they sun faded to rain on the Sean and Bertha decided to get away from all the trouble and just relax in the rain, they both never seemed more beautiful to each other as they were looking at the moon from the top of an abandoned farm house as it began to rain and they both looked deeply into each others eyes with so much love and they kissed each other with so much love and on that roof was the place they had made love for the first time and making sure that their loved was sealed.
Sean came up with the suggestion that they should marry secretly and Bertha agreed to it and both decided to announce it to her parents the next day but unknown to her they had taken over the area meanwhile they were done with their i-dos were ready to face her parents and on their way back they saw things that were definitely disturbing. They found alot of people dead on the floor and they bought looked at each other and realized that the whole town is gone and so was Seans mother, he then became an orphan in a couple of weeks. Sean held Bertha tightly with compassion as they began to cry on each others arms, all in one second bullets began to fire and it Bertha first and then Sean multiple times until they were down, but they never let go of each other and gave themselves one final kiss so that their love will be eternal.
I then turned back to what was currently happening they were still so in love even at death, I knew I had no right to save them but I would still be able to save their love, so as both their souls left two bodies and came out as one I took it and flew to the heavens but not for judgement but to join other stars at night and beam out their pure love for each other with the hope of reincarnation. Their death was special in so many ways and although Bertha was mourned by her father and ended calling for me and I answered, nobody mourned the love that left this world and I hope one day such a love could one day exist and not in the stars but in the hearts of all mankind. It's another life another story that touched my heart and I hope to one day have the courage to send a soul or at least have my own companion for I also have a life. Hmm I wonder who will be the next story worth telling and I hope it's one of adventure.
Chapter 3 - Blind Pain
It was a typical sunny Saturday afternoon with everyone doing their thing and trying to relax except for me because admist all the fun I sensed someones soul trying to escape from its body, a body with a soul full of pain and anguish with so much suffering, and as I got there I met an unpleasant scene where there was a shoot out between a man and the police, and as he took his last breath I appeared to his back to retrieve his soul I could see the relief in his eyes, and all I wanted to know was who this man was and his story.
Jack Orphan was the name of the man with so much pain. Jack was found mysteriously in the oven at a restaurant and thanks to his lucky stars he was found, and since then Jack lived in an orphanage for five years until a fire broke out killing his best friend and 50 other people but he still survived but now had to live on the streets. One day with Jack having lived 2 years of his life homeless he was put in a home by the Government who will fund his education and some other necessities, so they put him in the home of a woman by the name Priscilla Goldsmith who was a 52 year old nurse that had her 32 year old son and his family under her roof and a husband which pretty much didn't do anything apart from sleeping and getting drunk because his career as a play wright failed.
So at the time things seem to be going well for Jack, although it seemed. Jack got into the house feeling as though he finally had some love in his life, trying to make friends with his seemingly awkward foster moms grandkids, so things were all cool and glossy for the first few weeks until one day everything changed when Priscilla got home from work one day and picked Jack up and threw him on the floor of the basement and locked him up. And in a split second Jack went from being way up to back to being treated like trash, Jack kept saying there as he was being brought food by Priscillas son Bobby which by the way stank alot, but one-day he forgot to close the door and Jack slowly and quietly crept up out of the basement he then crawled into the kitchen and he found some envelopes in the trash can sticking out he opened the trash can and aside for the empty envelopes he found some cheques which according to what was written on it was meant for his wellbeing from the government which meant that Priscilla was using the money meant to cater for his needs for her own expenses, all of a sudden he felt a strong blow to his head from the back which knocked him unconscious.
And when he regained consciousness Jack found himself tied to a chair and back in the basement, "you taught you could run away you old piece of rubbish " she said in a twisted disgusting old lady type of talking, she then called Bobby her son, whispered into his ear and left him alone in the basement with Jack. He then let go of Jack after making sure that the door was locked, afterwards he asked Jack to kneel in front of him as he slowly pulled down the shorts he was wearing began to abuse him.
After six years of enduring the abuse Jack broke the basement door and went into the kitchen picked up a knife and murdered Priscilla her son and her husband by stabbing them over 50 times and reporting to the police. Jack stood trial at the age of 18 as it took the jury 12 hours to find him guilty of manslaughter and eligible to parole after 15 years, but Jack showed no emotion during and after the trail as he got set to start his life as an inmate. During Jacks prison time he met up with a mafia group and made deals with them so as to protect himself while he is serving his jail time because he got some some threats and because he got promised that he'll get a good lawyer. So Jack stayed in prison with the mafia for ten years and was then released after his case was reviewed, so he got out and set out in search of a better life for himself and five years after he got married after his girlfriend that was the lawyer that helped him out of prison got pregnant, so they decided to tie the knot.
It wasn't long before the mafia came back to ask for favors which he declined. So after he got back from a mechanic shop where he worked he got home and discovered a pool of blood coming from the master bedroom and when he opened the door it was his wife's Francesca lifeless body he found and and so was his unborn baby and there was a note that read "the past will always tell on the future", he then received a phone call from the mafia that gave him some instructions and told him that his wife had two babies in her and that his daughter is with them and that they will not hesitate to put a bullet in her tiny skull. He found a car in front of his porch and they asked him to drive and gave him directions until he got to the front of a bank, he then proceeded to the trunk of his car as he was asked to and he found a ski mask a big bag and some guns and was told to rob ten million from the bank. He got into the bank robbed them without harming anyone but unknown to him someone had already alerted the police and as soon as he stepped out he was surrounded by the police and as he reached for his gun shots were immediately fired at him and as soon as his soul dropped from his body I was right there to receive it and relieve so much pain and threw it to the heavens for judgement.
Jack was a man who didn't deserve what he got in his life and the circumstances he faced in his life because I hate to capture sad souls but I have to because I am Death and this is my life, my ordeal and what I face almost every second of the day all over the world and noone even knows it but this is my account because it never ends.
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Chapter 5:The Suicide Note
It was a daily Sunday morning except for the fact that somewhere in along there was a bad combination of a sad life, a knife and a piece of paper. And even though this scenario seemed familiar to me, there was something different about this particular man.
The name of this man was John McCarthy, he was a stockbroker. John was always a jolly person and kind hearted person. He was always a prospect right from his childhood which encouraged his parents to ensure that he was put in the best schools irrespective of their moderate income.
John was married to his childhood sweetheart Cecilia Perez, the daughter of the chief officer whom he impregnated when she was 16 whilst he was 18. Three years later they had their second daughter Teresa who was his favorite
Twelve years into their marriage they began to move part to the point John would prefer to sleep in his office or in his car, at first his wife would feel bad about the situation but as time went on she cared less and less everyday.
Johns late night escapades finally caught up with him when he impregnated a young lady who went by the name Alicia Cole whom he met at a club.
Alicia was always a wild card because you never knew what to expect from her. To the surprise of Alicia, John was excited about the news. Two months into her pregnancy John finally let his wife know about everything, to Ceceilia this was a very hard blow but she was able to handle it.
John was driving Alicia to the hospital since she needed regular check-ups since she was in her second trimester, as Alicia and John were driving back home they met an unfortunate accident after been hit by a truck, it wasn't yet Johns time for the both of us to meet but Ceceilia wasn't so lucky when she fell into my arms.
That day John didn't only lose his legs his unborn twins and probably the only woman he truly ever loved but also his soul and his willingness to live.
The once full of life John, was now a mere shadow of his former self, he was going down a path that could only result into disastrous consequences. As expected the bottle became John's best friend so did the walls of the bar accros the street, call it whatever you may but John was getting more and more depressed everyday, falling and falling till he hit rock bottom, Cecilia was then forced to kick him out of the house, because his situation was
