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Chapter 52 - Do you have a death wish

One of uncle Davis's groupies dropped by. She wanted to know what she can bribe me with so that I will not attend the appeal. I smiled, "There is nothing in existence that can convince me not to go" She gave me a smile, "Everyone has a price. I just haven't found your sweet spot. You won't be attending one way or the other" I smiled, "Darling I am attending that hearing if it means I would have to die." She grinned, "That can be arranged" the woman gave me an envelope and asked me to take it and forget about my uncle. I arrested her for bribery. She protested but it made no difference. She was sent to holding and she was my partner's problem.

I was having lunch when I heard that someone had shanked my uncle and that he is in the hospital. I was sure that he would try to escape. So I went there personally to keep an eye on the bastard. I reached the floor that he was on and I heard a scream. I knew he had done something. I ran as fast as my legs would let me. Sure enough one of his cronies had stabbed a nurse and was trying to wheel away the monster. I raised my gun and yelled "Police Freeze". The woman tried to make a run for it I shot the ceiling and everyone dropped to the floor. I shot the crone in the knee and she screamed in pain as she fell. The uncle tried to propel himself but the people lying down made it harder. I managed to grab a sedative and inject him. A nurse assisted me as I escorted the creep back to his room. I handcuffed him to the bed.

I called the others and they came in their dozen. A perimeter was set and only certain employees were allowed on the floor. The rest were arrested upon entry. I sat down to have a cup of hot cocoa when the chief came to see me. I apologized profusely for my callous behavior. He gave me a slap on the wrist as he walked by to have a chat with the captain. Joe and Rhodes came by and thanked me for my quick thinking. I needed a moment to clear my head so I went up to the roof. I sat on the ledge and tried to contemplate what my next move should be. I climbed off the ledge to safety and walked back to my designated area.

DD called wanting to know when I will be home. I told him what had happened so he asked me to be careful. Cheryl sends her love and Henry has a group of gunslingers on standby if I need the firepower. I thanked him and after a few kisses I hung up. Brody was a doctor working here so he came and thanked me. I told him to be extra careful since he might become a target. These people are relentless. Every step must be a calculated one.

I walked to the vending machine and on the reflection I saw Gus's dad. As I recalled he got the death penalty. I thought I was hallucinating till I got close and saw Brody talk to him. Obviously I had to confirm and then I realized that he was ex-miliary so it is possible he was repurposed. They could have made it look like he was dead but in reality he got a new lease on life and an excuse to kill. I personally would like to kill him since he is one of the people who are aware of me being a serial killer. If it ever gets out then problems will rise. I know he has a peanut allergy but before I act I need to be sure that I am safe. So I walked to the security booth and found all of the blind spots.

I bought a bag of peanuts and walked into the bathroom. I placed the bag on the counter and checked to see if anyone was inside before I used my gun like a pestle and mortar to ground the peanuts to powder. I cleaned my gun of peanut residue and walked out to locate him. I had to wait till he was where I wanted him. As luck would have it he left his coffee and tried to flirt with a nurse. I quietly walked past him and sprinkled the ground peanuts into his coffee. I quietly glided past them without notice. He drank the cup and moments later he had an allergic reaction. I waited till he was taken to emergency and walked to the locker rooms to borrow a nurse's outfit.

I quietly snuck out and acquired an empty syringe. I waited till the coast was clear before I walked in and loaded air into the syringe. I calmly inserted the needle into his IV. There is no law about killing an already dead man. I injected it and walked out of the room. I managed to get back to the locker room when the nurse screamed code blue. I calmly changed my outfit and walked out of the hallway that didn't have a working camera. I used every single blind spot to make sure I was not caught. Gus's dad was pronounced dead in twenty minutes.

I sat down to read a magazine and the watch commander interrupted me saying that my uncle wanted to see me. I walked into the room to see that his expression was one of arrogance. I grinned, "What's the occasion? Nevermind I will wipe that smile off your face soon enough." He chuckled, "We shall see about that young lady" I was about to say something but changed my mind. I sat down to see that he was still trying to butch up by chewing on his pens. I grinned and picked up the pen. The officers were outside. I was tempted to poison him then and there but that would ruin the fun. So I put the pen back and walked out of the room.

A few days later he was about to be transported back to prison. He escaped and we had to lockdown the building. I went straight to the morgue. The chief came with me. I took a scalpel and looked around to see who felt more alive. I thought I saw a body that was breathing so I stabbed it in the softest part of the thigh as hard as I could. He jumped upright and screamed, "Somebody help me." The rookie next to me happily knocked him out with one punch. He was wheeled into surgery and back into his room. The chief asked me to use a less evasive method next time. I promised to use a taser but deep down inside I had to admit that stabbing him was satisfactory. I walked out of the morgue to see a few of my colleagues were amused by my actions.

I stayed outside and watched as he regained consciousness. If my lip reading is correct he requested that the chief remove me from his presence. In fact he is going to apply for a restraining order. The chief promised to handle the situation and he relaxed. Then he started to yap about how he enjoyed killing. Van Pelt opened the door and signalled me to come inside. I walked in and his pressure monitor went crazy. I sat down and slapped him and he regained some of his composure. He gave me the look of death. Well he tried to but my expression had him ducking under the covers. The officers present seemed to enjoy his discomfort. He tried to toughen up by talking about one of his victims when I reminisced about the day I sent him a box of snakes. The monitor went berserk. I am guessing that he is still traumatized.

I grinned as he gave me a look of absolute terror. I grinned, "I didn't get to see you open my present but I did hear your screams. I suppose it will have to do." He was shaking with fear and it was delicious. The chief had the 'Do you have a death wish' look. My uncle was quivering as he remembered my fifth birthday when I came home with a harmless garden snake. My father killed it but my uncle had called animal control and the police by then. He was hoping that they would arrive sooner. On the other hand I wondered why he would bother jumping on a table like he was an Olympic athlete practicing his jumping skills.

The officers were listening intensely as my uncle expressed his frustration. I smiled as I recalled the day he mistreated my mom so I decided to punish him by filling his drawers with garden snakes. I came home to hear a scream so loud I thought I was going to deaf. I made him promise that he won't harm a hair on my mom again. He gave me his strongest oath that mom will be safe. He honored his word till I busted him for being a serial killer. I asked him to remember what I did in retaliation. He tried to deny it so I searched my phone for audio recordings of rattlesnakes. I played it as I watched his reaction. His heart monitor went completely bananas and he jumped out of the bed and jumped back on bed only to jump back out to check the bed for snakes. Then he jumped back on the bed thinking that the snake was under the bed. He pressed a button to summon the nurse. An annoying fat woman walked in and evicted us.

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