Bloody Hands and Broken Minds Book 1

Part Two - Chapter 28.5

Viktor moves about his kitchen with gentle grace. He cleans the dishes from dinner and puts them away without haste. Soft piano music plays in the background as he blows out a candle and pulls the garbage from its container. He ties the bag and pushes through the back door. As he lifts the lid from the garbage with his right hand and grips the bag in his left hand, he stills. He turns his chin to the side and smiles.

"I know you're there. Come on out." He says.

"Hello Viktor." Evelyn greets him as she steps out of the shadows.

"To what do I owe the pleasure sweetheart? Your boss need me to fix a few things in that head of yours?" He asks as he hauls the bag into the garbage and closes the lid.

"I'm here to thank you." Evelyn replies, her voice empty of emotion.

"Oh?" Viktor turns to look at her.

The second he turns his body he's struck across the head and falls towards the grassy dirt. Evelyn looks to Loki with approval. He only nods at her.

She continues, "I'm here to thank you for everything you've ever done to me. All the pain you've inflicted and the things you've done to make me feel little more than a puppet of your creation. I'm here to pay it back Viktor."

Viktor doesn't seem to hear her as he rolls onto his back after spitting out a mouthful of blood. His unfocused eyes take in his surroundings. Outside. He's outside. His gaze moves from Loki to Evelyn.

He stops for a second. Stops breathing, stops blinking, stops moving. He just stops. Then his lips part on a breath.

"Evelyn?" He whispers.

"Evelyn." He repeats with a sense of clarity.

A single tear makes its way down his cheek and drips onto the grass as he relaxes his head against the ground.

"You got out." He closes his eyes and speaks to himself quietly. "You're out." He says. "You're out."

Loki looks from the man on the ground to Evelyn. She doesn't seem to understand either as she stands above Viktor and looks down at him curiously.

"Oh, oh Maria will be so happy. Maria." Viktor's eyes rise to Evelyn.

"Where is Maria? I miss my sweet Marie. I want to see her." Viktor says as he turns his head to rest his cheek against the cool grass.

"I want to see Maria..." He murmurs as his eyes close and his chest falls but does not rise again.

Inside the house in the kitchen, the music continues to play. The record continues spinning until the music scratches and the needle lifts, returning the house to the silence it once was.

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