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A Strange Atmosphere - Part 1
It was a strange feeling when I opened the door. I was always greeted by my loving wife and my 3 year old son who always knew that I would have something to give him, but not today. My wife did not come to greet me nor my son waiting in anticipation. I passed through the hallway and entered the living room in total silence and still no signs of them, I called out their names but nobody answered and a few moments later my cat which used to be white now red ran down the staircase towards me. That's when I felt a tinge in my spine and a wave of thoughts ran through my mind that something bad has happened. I rushed up the staircase to the bedroom in total fear and gloom and my heart racing fast as a car. I opened the bedroom door and what I saw next crushed my soul. My wife and son were down on the ground surrounded by a pool of blood and everything else left in tatters. I held onto the pendant, a cross, that was on my neck in total pain and anguish. I just laid there holding my wife and son in my hands, contemplating with God, why them? why not me? The ambulance arrived with a few police officers, I gave them a statement of what I observed and left the rest for them to figure out. After all the formalities I was given the body of my wife and son to perform their last rites . I never dreamt of my life finishing in seconds and was filled with anger and vengeance on the one who destroyed my family, my happiness and fixed my mind on one goal to avenge their deaths.
When I returned home, loneliness and grief hit me hard and found it very difficult to come to terms of not going to see them ever again. I kept blaming myself if I had only stayed at home as my wife requested none of this would have happened. I was determined to solve a case that I was working on and lost focus of my family. I held their picture to my chest with tears in my eyes and was trying to figure out who could have committed such a treacherous act.As I got up to have a glass of water I accidentally knocked down the vase that was beside me, when I picked it up to put back, there on the table I found a piece of paper folded which had been near the photo I was holding that I did not notice earlier. I slowly reached out and picked up that paper and unfolded it and inside was a quote in Ukrainian- "Я зробив те, що сказав, що зроблю - YA zrobyv te, shcho skazav, shcho zroblyu" - "I did what I told you I would do ".
I immediately called up the department and asked them to have a look at the note to find for any clues. Meanwhile I kept repeating those words in my head trying to figure out what it meant or who left that note, but could not come to a conclusion because of the profession I was in, where everybody is a suspect. While contemplating with myself and due to lack of sleep the last couple of days I dozed off on the sofa that I was sitting on and dreamt of my past.
"I am Jerry a police officer and was happily married to Marian who was one of the prettiest girls that I have ever seen and out of our love was born my son Malcolm named by his godparents. We were quite contempt with our lives filled with happiness, joy and peace. Marian always wanted to live in a quiet place, only the three of us away from the city.She did not like the sound of ambulances passing by, people fighting or crowded places.She always hampered on us living our lives at some countryside, quiet and peaceful.Tears now withholding randown my cheeks, if only I had fulfilled her wish.
Leo was my partner in crime at work and most of the cases we worked together turned out to be successful, even if our backs were up against the wall. We either caught those criminals or gunned them down. Leo was married to a marine officer Hazel whom he dearly loved and they...
When I returned home, loneliness and grief hit me hard and found it very difficult to come to terms of not going to see them ever again. I kept blaming myself if I had only stayed at home as my wife requested none of this would have happened. I was determined to solve a case that I was working on and lost focus of my family. I held their picture to my chest with tears in my eyes and was trying to figure out who could have committed such a treacherous act.As I got up to have a glass of water I accidentally knocked down the vase that was beside me, when I picked it up to put back, there on the table I found a piece of paper folded which had been near the photo I was holding that I did not notice earlier. I slowly reached out and picked up that paper and unfolded it and inside was a quote in Ukrainian- "Я зробив те, що сказав, що зроблю - YA zrobyv te, shcho skazav, shcho zroblyu" - "I did what I told you I would do ".
I immediately called up the department and asked them to have a look at the note to find for any clues. Meanwhile I kept repeating those words in my head trying to figure out what it meant or who left that note, but could not come to a conclusion because of the profession I was in, where everybody is a suspect. While contemplating with myself and due to lack of sleep the last couple of days I dozed off on the sofa that I was sitting on and dreamt of my past.
"I am Jerry a police officer and was happily married to Marian who was one of the prettiest girls that I have ever seen and out of our love was born my son Malcolm named by his godparents. We were quite contempt with our lives filled with happiness, joy and peace. Marian always wanted to live in a quiet place, only the three of us away from the city.She did not like the sound of ambulances passing by, people fighting or crowded places.She always hampered on us living our lives at some countryside, quiet and peaceful.Tears now withholding randown my cheeks, if only I had fulfilled her wish.
Leo was my partner in crime at work and most of the cases we worked together turned out to be successful, even if our backs were up against the wall. We either caught those criminals or gunned them down. Leo was married to a marine officer Hazel whom he dearly loved and they...
