Cyber Lover

Episode 15

“I grew up becoming my father, Sean! At

school, I exercised all I have learnt from him

on my classmates. I will beat them and

threaten them not to tell their teachers. And

as you can tell, I was a very neat and

organized young boy, and so was able to

deceive the authorities into believing that I

was a normal student!” This assertion coming

from a roommate was very frightening and

Sean wondered whether it was time to start

screaming for help, thinking better of this idea

when Nimrod quizzically stared into his eyes

as if reading his thoughts. “Why…Why are you

telling me all this?” he rather croaked. “So

that you‟ll know about my first kill, Mon ami!”

replied the older man in a lighter mood. “It

happened like this…”

He was so close to Sean‟s face right now that

the other man could smell his breath. “I made

a mistake one day and one of my teachers

discovered I was a psychotic bully. I was

expelled from school and this shattered me. I

became hopeless, without any plans for the

future, and stayed at home wondering from

one place to the other! “But most importantly,

Sean, I was also carefully planning on how I

was going to get back at my teacher!” he

added after some thought. “A year later, I

found the opportunity I was waiting for and

did not hesitate. I found my way into his

house and stabbed him continuously until the

stupid old man gave up the ghost!

Then I was only seventeen years, Sean!”

“Jesus Christ!” involuntarily let out his victim.

“Oh, sorry, sir!” he whimpered as an

afterthought, and Nimrod slowly nodded,

turning away from him but noticing the air he

slowly let out afterwards. “Do you know why I

have successfully killed more than twelve

people to date without being caught, Sean?”

“No, sir!”

“Because I love my freedom, Sean, and always

took time to plan my actions!” he snapped,

turning back to a drained Sean. “I was really

enjoying my life before finding myself in

prison, Sean, and now I need a girl!” “You

know there‟s a camera in here now…!” began

the other prisoner with effort. “They will come

if you start!” “They will do no such thing…

they‟re guards – they always sleep while on

night duty!” “They will come if I scream!”

“Then I will kill you before they get here!” The

other froze with unreasonable fright. He was

so scared that his knees began to shake again

and his body started going through quivering

spasms. Nimrod smiled at this and suddenly

erupted into wild laughter. “Jeez, don‟t be

afraid before your time, my friend.

I don‟t think I‟ll need you now…no – not yet!”

he tried to allay, albeit with sarcastic venom.

“Right now I need to know how to get out of

this joint…got an unfinished business with a

fool out there in the free world!” “Who…What

– How?” stammered Sean, trying to steady his

shaking hands. “Once I leave this place, I

must get back at the young man who made

them get me!” his cellmate coldly replied. “He

must die, and not only die, but die slowly and

painfully! I‟ll teach the busy body fellow how

to mind his own business!” The other man was

quiet. He didn‟t know what else to say. Surely

the guy must know that the camera was

switched on and rolling? Nimrod got up and

went to the prison bars. He held unto these

and his anger rose a notch. “I wish I can

squeeze his neck like these bars right now!

Squeeze the life out of him!

Make him lose speech…prevent words from

coming out of his mouth again!” “The

camera…”

“I don‟t care!” he snapped, facing his cellmate

once again. “Now, pull down and bend over!”. Oh God wat does he want to do again? Wondered dy terrified man