The second I pressed enter I watched the screen go black and that's when I met my own reflection staring back at me. I realized what I just did and all I wanted was to take it back, but it was already too late.
I watched the screen intensely as I dreaded for them to answer me but one hour passes and i feel my heart returning to a regular heartbeat.
"Maybe they wont do it this time, hopefully they realize that I cant be serious.."
I said to myself but not even I could believe what I was saying. I decided i was going to close down the computer and go to bed when I heard the notification from that website.
"No." I said on repeat quickly moving the cursor to the tab, and pressing it.
"Done." it read beneath my dotted line and I felt like I was going to pass out.
"This cant be happening." I said as I took up my phone to dial my friend Tiana, she lived right next to the Lorentz household. She didn't pick up at first but on the last dial tone she did.
- "Yes Kimberly? I have a little problem hearing you, its pretty loud out here" she said and all i heard in the background was sirens and Mr. & Mrs. Lorentz yelling inaudible in the background.
- "What's happening? Why is there sirens and-" I rambled my million questions on Tiana but she stopped me.
- "Its been a break-in, Kim. I think i heard one of the officers mention that someone was dead but judging on her parents, it must have been her or her brother. But I saw her brother leave not so long ago.. Oh god. Kim. Right next to where I live!" she started to sound more and more scared realizing what was happening but I knew she was safe. They wouldn't touch her, since she's not the one on the dotted line. Tiffany on the other hand...
I was speechless. This was my fault.
"How could I have written her name like i did, on that damn website? I'm the reason someone broke in, and who knows that terrors she went through, just because i was angry. I did the unforgiving. I-"
Tiana interrupted my spiraling thoughts with a quick good-bye, she had to go since the police wanted to ask them a few questions as well.
I sat down in front of my laptop and stared at that word again. And the timestamp.
"Done. " - "01/07/2020" - "23:45:01"
I watched the next line coming up on my screen, with an additional text next to it.
"So you finally was able to take that big leap into murder, didn't you Kimberly? I'm very surprised but proud over how quickly you are moving up the ladder of my favorite chosen few, I mean the 15 dollars was a test, correct? But this, this was such a jump that I'm even exited to see your next request. It better live up to my expectations, now that you are showing promise. But I will tell you this, I will after this message is done writing itself put up a timer, see it as an dead-line, see my punchline? Anyway, I will give you a week, if you haven't put in your next request by then, we strike it off and we will visit you shortly for what's ours. Remember, you agreed to this in the beginning, and I'm an professional man. Thank you, Kimberly Green."
The second the message was done a timer of 6 days, 23h and 59m was ticking down, and i re-read the message multiple times.
"This cant be happening, i just did the worst thing ever and he or whoever it is behind this website wants me to continue? To be worse? How can I be worse than to be the reason she was attacked like that?" I said to myself, scared over what they were asking me to do.
I closed my laptop and leaned back in my chair. I took up my hand and looked at it, it was shaking uncontrollable. I then picked up my phone and sighed.
"I have to go to bed, but doubt that I actually can sleep after this." I said to myself quietly.
Then I laid myself down on my bed and stared at my ceiling, and after sometime I started to feel my eyes burning, and tears began to fall down as i quietly cried myself to sleep.
The next morning, I woke up and unexpectedly felt completely fine. Why, am I feeling so fine?
I went into my bathroom and clicked on the light and met my own gaze in the mirror. I looked fine, as well. No bags beneath my eyes, no puffy eyes, no dread and no emotions at all, actually.
And this is also when I would feel myself getting scared of feeling this way, but I didn't. Its like someone took a veil that was looming over me and had snatched it off when I was sleeping.
I even felt confident to wear something nicer, let my hair down, even put some makeup on.
And mindlessly I did all these things and then it was like I had teleported myself to the bus I always took to school.
"I must have spaced out completely, then again after yesterdays events I shouldn't be very surprised." I thought to myself and chuckled.
Tiana gets on two stops from me and looks like she hadn't slept for days.
-"Hey Tia" I said waving her to sit next to me, and she looked at me and sat down next to me.
-"I haven't been able to sleep all day, its been such drama all night long." She said and yawned, wiping her face with her sleeve as she turned her head to face me again.
"Wait, you have makeup on, you're not wearing your hoodie and sweatpants.. Are you going somewhere special today Kim?" she said as she lifted my bare arm.
-"No, no I'm just going to school." I said and smiled a bit, then bit my lip as her expression turned into a frown. She then rolled her eyes and shrugged, didn't seem to wanna put more effort right now into investigating me.