Her world was crumbling down around her. She looked straight into the face of the kid that stood staring her in the face.
“You’re not going to beg for your life? You’re just going to sit there and let everything happen?” The kid asked.
“How long have you been planning this?” She asked, she needed to know before she could answer the question.
“You didn’t answer me.”
“I need to know before I can, how long?” She asked again.
“Months, since you rejected me, you said I would find someone else! I didn’t!” He yelled waving his arm around.
“So, I was one of the people from the start that you chose?”
“Yeah, I guess you were.”
“Then no, I’m not going to beg for my life.”
“Why the hell not?” Adam said.
“You’ve already made up your mind, you’re not going to change it, so what is begging for my life going to do for me?”
“You’re right it won’t do anything for you, it won’t make me change my mind, but it will do me a lot, to see you beg instead of me. So beg, beg for your life, beg for me to spare you the pain you couldn’t spare for me.”
“It won’t be the same pain.” She responded looking up at Adam’s face, “I won’t feel the pain you felt.”
“Are you sure about that?” Adam moved his arm towards Thomas, her boyfriend. “What if I killed him first? Then do you think you would feel the pain? Will you beg for his life?”
She looked over at Thomas, she saw him stiffen when Adam started to talk to her, she saw the fear in his eyes. She was sure it was reflected in her own eyes.
“Don’t, it’s not worth it.” Thomas said looking Jamie in the eyes.
“Of course I would feel the pain you felt if you shot him.” Jamie said ignoring Thomas.
“Would you beg for his life?” Adam asked again. Jamie looked at Thomas’ face with sorrow in her eyes. “Would you?” Adam yelled.
Thomas shook his head. “Don’t.”
“God damn it, answer me, or I swear I will shoot you both in a heart beat.” Adam yelled again waving the gun around.
“No.” Jamie said staring at Thomas.
“You wouldn’t beg for the life of the man you love? You would just let him die?” Adam asked shocked.
“No.”
“Do you truly love him?”
“More than anything.”
“Than why aren’t you going to beg for his life?”
“For the same reason I won’t beg for my life.”
Than it happened. Jamie heard the shots. One right after the other. Two of them. She looked to Thomas and saw his face go pale and his eyes shift to my chest. She looked down and moved her hand and saw all the blood seeping into her shirt and her hand covered in blood. This is it, she thought, my life is over. Jamie looked back up and then fell to the ground seeing black.
“You’re not going to beg for your life? You’re just going to sit there and let everything happen?” The kid asked.
“How long have you been planning this?” She asked, she needed to know before she could answer the question.
“You didn’t answer me.”
“I need to know before I can, how long?” She asked again.
“Months, since you rejected me, you said I would find someone else! I didn’t!” He yelled waving his arm around.
“So, I was one of the people from the start that you chose?”
“Yeah, I guess you were.”
“Then no, I’m not going to beg for my life.”
“Why the hell not?” Adam said.
“You’ve already made up your mind, you’re not going to change it, so what is begging for my life going to do for me?”
“You’re right it won’t do anything for you, it won’t make me change my mind, but it will do me a lot, to see you beg instead of me. So beg, beg for your life, beg for me to spare you the pain you couldn’t spare for me.”
“It won’t be the same pain.” She responded looking up at Adam’s face, “I won’t feel the pain you felt.”
“Are you sure about that?” Adam moved his arm towards Thomas, her boyfriend. “What if I killed him first? Then do you think you would feel the pain? Will you beg for his life?”
She looked over at Thomas, she saw him stiffen when Adam started to talk to her, she saw the fear in his eyes. She was sure it was reflected in her own eyes.
“Don’t, it’s not worth it.” Thomas said looking Jamie in the eyes.
“Of course I would feel the pain you felt if you shot him.” Jamie said ignoring Thomas.
“Would you beg for his life?” Adam asked again. Jamie looked at Thomas’ face with sorrow in her eyes. “Would you?” Adam yelled.
Thomas shook his head. “Don’t.”
“God damn it, answer me, or I swear I will shoot you both in a heart beat.” Adam yelled again waving the gun around.
“No.” Jamie said staring at Thomas.
“You wouldn’t beg for the life of the man you love? You would just let him die?” Adam asked shocked.
“No.”
“Do you truly love him?”
“More than anything.”
“Than why aren’t you going to beg for his life?”
“For the same reason I won’t beg for my life.”
Than it happened. Jamie heard the shots. One right after the other. Two of them. She looked to Thomas and saw his face go pale and his eyes shift to my chest. She looked down and moved her hand and saw all the blood seeping into her shirt and her hand covered in blood. This is it, she thought, my life is over. Jamie looked back up and then fell to the ground seeing black.