Killer instinct (Revenge) by Lisa Phiri

(Her name was Kristen. She was such a beauty; looking at her gave on the impression that she was a model. The face that she was a gruesome murderer seemed unfathomable; it was a fairy tale gone extremely wrong. She was known as the Rottweiler, yet she seemed so harmless for she was a gorgeous girl with a lot of money and what seemed to be a perfect life.)

It was on a sunny day in Florida so I decided to go to the beach for a swim. I lived in a condo on the shoreline of Florida beach so it wasn’t a long walk to the beach.

It had been a month since Kristen’s last kill. She had left Kemptonville in order to escape that motivation that led her killing which she did not want to do. The last person she killed was Katie Lemar; her childhood bully. Kristen could still remember each and every detail. She remembered that cold merciless night.

I was just going for a night stroll; on my way back I was passing through a deserted alley that I used as a shortcut on my way home when I saw a young woman walking ahead of me. When I saw her that feeling hit me again; that feeling that makes me feel electrified; the sensation running through my veins made my body react with such eagerness.

But that was the past; I had moved to start a new life; but it all seemed worthless to me. Life seemed worthless to me now.

‘I’ve started questioning myself I realize I’m not getting anywhere near success in this case’ John thought to himself. It just seemed so wrong. When he had received the case on the “Rottweiler” earlier in the week, it had seemed that there was some mistake. His target was a woman named Kristen Holmer; daughter of Mr. James Holmer; a wealthy industrialist.

The girl had everything that anyone would want so why would she go about killing childhood friends and taking personal trinkets as memento. Katie had been her close friend in high school and a very good of her family as well, so why kill her?.
After looking deeper into the matter; John had discovered that the two had not been as chummy as their peers had thought back in high school. According to his sources Katie had betrayed Kristen and tormented her throughout their high school years.

Just then John received a call that interrupted his trail of thought. The call was a summon from his boss telling him to return to the office. When he got to the office half an hour later he was informed that they had identified the item taken from the deceased by the killer. The deceased parents had identified it as an Amina Vogel designer bracelet given to their daughter on her twenty first birthday by her boyfriend.

Five days later the young detective had been informed of the whereabouts of Kristen. He felt it was time to take some action and bring her down.

I decided that I must do the right thing; after all life is suddenly felt meaningless to me. I called the police in the form of a stranger tipping them off on my whereabouts for it seemed the right thing to do. Earlier on, I went to the bank and withdrew all my money in gold bars amounting to twelve million dollars. I sent three million to my family account for my sisters and brothers, I sent two million to the police department to help with the reconstruction of the police station back home.

Another two million I sent to the account of the detective who is working on my case to fund him for further studies on crime and investigation abroad. Last but not least; the remainder of the money I have donated to charity. All that I had to do is completed; except for one task that remains which I will do shortly.

‘What a disappointment’ John thought. As he looked at the corpse laying in front of him and the revolver that lay next to it. He had been looking forward to taking down the Rottweiler and putting her behind bars for the rest of her life. He folded up the letter he had found clutched in her hand. It had been addressed to him from her. A letter that explained her will. The letter also said that she had killed for revenge; she had hurt all those who had had hurt her in her childhood. John stared at her body and sighed.
“What a pity” he said under his breath.