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"Light and dark"

‘Mary right?’ asked  Alex.

‘Yes’, he heard an answer from a woman sitting in front of him.

‘You are convicted of a terrible murder, and the judge sentenced you to a life imprisonment.’

He expected to see fear in her eyes, but he didn't.

‘My lawyer said you want to discuss something with me...’

Her confidence surprised him, he just told her that she wouldspend all her life in a prison...

‘Yes', he said with a pause.

‘Yes’, he said again. ‘If you are going to help us ...amm ... to snoop after a ...’

She didn't let him finish. Her eyes filled with anger.

‘A AM(may be I am not? NOT A RAT. Don't ask me to snoop. Ah... I didn't know that our government can fall so low…’

Alex expected this reaction, and he had a trump card in his pocket.

‘What about your daughter’ ...  said Alex casually.He knew that she loved her daughter and that she will do anything to save her from getting to an orphanage.

‘What do you mean?’ she said trying not to show that she wasscared.

‘Well, you will avoid getting to prison if you will help us.’

‘I agree!’she answered immediately and walked out of the room. Alex stopped her on the way down, he gave her a nano microphone and a  pager to call him in the case of emergency.

He also explained how to use it. There was a girl on the street holding a doughnut. She was around six years old.

‘Let's go Mishel, ’ Mary said. She pulled a small pale hand, andMishel almost fell down, after they left. Their house was small, but cute, with smooth pink walls and a white door. It looked like they lived in a fairy tale. But let's get back to  Alex. He lied to her, she had an alibi, but the police needed to find a killer, and they were aware that she knew him.

‘Chief,’ said Alex, holding an old black phone.

‘ALEX,’ he shouted, ‘why the hell are you calling me!!!!! I told you, my wife is giving birth.’

‘I know Chief,’ he said in a subdued  voice.’ But she is angry..’.

‘I'm coming. ’ Chief said’, in 5.. 10 ...in 1 hour and a half…’

Alex was happy. If he finds a murderer, he will receive a  bonusand will pay for the house. So he phoned Mary. They decided to meet in «GREGS» cafe at 12 o' clock.

They had a short discussion and after they decided that she would tell them where the murderer’s house was and that she would walk inside and give them a signal that they could start an operation. When she walked out of her house, her hands wereshaking, The murderer  is ... something hit her head.

‘Ah…’ Mary felt awful; so she fell asleep again ...

She woke up an hour later and saw her daughter playing with adoll on the floor. You are awake, she heard a voice from thekitchen. And she panicked it was his voice, the murderer's voice.  She jumped off the sofa.

‘I was so afraid I hit you too hard,’ he said with happiness in hisvoice. ‘But I didn't!’

‘Please  Jack, I need to go.’ she said as fast as she could. She knew that the police was listening to her conversation with him. She saw men walking out of the room.

He looked surprised and angry.

‘What happened, you did promise... you said we will be together, you promise me...this is my daughter. If you go, I will... you know what I will do.’

She was scared now, she knew that he had big problems with his psychic. She took her pager out. Mary was glad he didn't see it. And she pressed the button.

She knew that police would be right here, but she loved Jack. So she whispered so that the police would not hear her.

‘Jack,  please go. I can't tell you what happened, you just need to run  away.’

He looked at her for a couple of seconds. Then he took Mishel and walked out of the house. Mary heard the sound of a gun.

‘Mishel !’ she shouted and ran out of the house.

Mary saw Alex standing in the street holding a gun...

Sofia Marzoeva

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