“Father, why did you do it,” I asked my dad.
“Mila, she cheated on me. But now she is dead, I can’t believe it. I am in pain for her.”
My visits to the jail have increased ever since my mom died. I walked out of jail that day and went in my car. I drove home and went into my room.
“Oh, John, if only you knew how much I love you,” I said, staring in the mirror. I looked at my reflection than the thing behind me: it was a naked man on the floor. He never loved me but is now engaged to my friend, Della. Della knew I crushed on him but played on me with him. Now, Della rots underneath the dirt of my taro plantation. I killed her last night after inviting them to a fun night of talking – and killing.
John was laying there. I fed him sleeping pills to make him sleep before I went to see my dad. Della is not my first victim. A very special woman is: my mother.
On the day of her death, I cooked her food. But before I served her breakfast, I poisoned the soup with liquid bleach. American Samoa is a sucker for murder, so no one really knows how one died; in fact, they have no autopsy reports to make or any investigation in what seems like “no violence” deaths. But, before that, I made sure Rosie slept for hours. So, I fed Rosie some of my prescription after we arrived from the restaurant: I mixed it up in her smoothies. After my mom drank all her soup, her body shook and she murmured some words. I cleaned all the dishes. I put the bleach back in the bathroom.
I pretended to talk with my mother; however, I was talking by myself and changing my voice to let Ray think I was speaking with my mom. I went to the store to buy carpets to wrap her body in. I was sure Rosie would sleep for another two hours or so. But, when I got home, Rosie was up already. I knew the carpet would raise some questions; so, right when I called the police, I told Rosie I was going to see dad. On my way to jail, I stopped by a huge trash bin and threw the carpet in. I was safe.
John’s muffled cries blanked my thoughts. I kicked him. “You shut up, or I will gut out your liver like I did Della!”
