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April, 2018
London
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"Are you okay ?" George sat down next to Bethany
It was her second week at the training and it was not easy
She was sick but , she was not allowed to rest
George was her coach, an agent himself training her for the mission along with twenty other students
But Bethany's training was different from others
" I'll be " She sighed as she stared at her swollen ankle
She was practicing her pole dance , while she fell down hitting the leg ,leaving her ankle swollen
"Here " George, took the ice pack as he knelt down infront of her
Holding on to her ankle
"You don't have to " she pulled away , taking a step away from him
"Right " he nodded as he walked away
The days were hard , the training house was located in between the woods
There was no connection to the other world , it looked like a whole new world
World which never rested
There were young girls and boys like Bethany, who were here for training
She noticed everybody undertaking self defense classes and self control classes
But she was not part of any those session
She was being coached by George , personally
Everybody had there own identities, like George that's what he was called here
None, knew his real name
Like herself
In fact, Bethany had already got her new name
Elizabeth McCarthy
She had to learn Italian and few other languages, as she was a girl who had travelled places
She was going crazy , the way they were trying to change her
To this whole new person
Shadows
She was going to be one
A shadow , which can change into any form
Into a new person
She was asked to read people's mind , psychology based books to how , how different people mind works
How to read a person
How to keep your mind focused on your surroundings
It was not limited just by reading
She was made to watch videos , how various criminals cases were solved or how the criminals mindset was at the crime time
During the first month after the intensive physical training about how to use small equipments, like your nails , heels
Knives and the way to tackle somebody under pressure
She had mastered all those skills , now
It was just for her to protect herself
Self protection
Not for the mission she was going to deal with
Because, not all wars required weapons
"Your ready ?" George asked as he led her to the conference room
Today , she was going to interrogate a criminal who had pleaded guilty of killing his own kids aged two and five
She was asked to find out , what was the reason behind the crime
Why did he kill his own children ?
Mainly it was to understand, how people perception laid down
Bethany sat in front of the criminal, who had his hands cuffed but he had his nails dug into his palms
As she observed him
It was a small room with cameras surrounded around every corner
Monitoring every move inside
It had a long table
The criminal was chained to the one end of the table , while Bethany sat on the other end
She spoke in the intercom , as she asked him
"Why did you plead guilty after stating your innocence for a month , after the crime scene?" She asked as she wrote down her question
The case was already solved
But , learning the reason
Or his intentions could give a whole new perspective
And she was here to find that
The man swallowed hard , as he spoke responding to her question
There was hesitation in his voice
"Because, it didn't give me peace like I expected " he spoke with a vengeance in his voice
"You killed your kids
Named Brandon and Lucy
Aged two and five
By drowning them in the lake , having them locked up in your car ?" She looked up to him
As he shut his eyes, as he nodded before answering " yes"
"What were you thinking at the moment when you planned all this out ?"
She leaned back as she read the details of the crime scene
Apparently , he not only drowned his kids into the water along with his car
But he had also waited , far away as he had watched them drown
While he stood there crying , like he was helpless
Or he was in pain
But didn't he , the one who initiated it in the first place
"I just wanted to end it
It was getting hard " he took in a sharp breathe
As he broke down into tears
"Did it end ?
After your children were found dead ?" Bethany asked as him , her voice started to shake
It was a fear in every human
Sometimes the fear burnt out , like the way it did to him
"No
I thought if I sent my children to their mother
It will be peace , it will be fine again
I was failing to raise them
I wanted it to end
I wanted it to be okay
Like it was when their mother was alive
But it was loneliness
I couldn't manage it
It was worse "
Bethany wrote down the statement as the man spoke
"You could have given the children off to adoption or for foster care
You didn't had to kill them
To get rid of them because , you were failing to be a good father " Bethany accused the man, as the anger fumed inside her
She still couldn't understand
How could he do this , to his own kids ?
Maybe she was here or sent here
To understand the very own reason
"She would have hated me " the man , kicked the table as he slammed his hands against the table
It was a psychological murder
The man had killed his own kids after loosing his wife
He was unable to cope up with the idea of raising the family, himself
He saw his kids as burden after his wife's death
Like a burden he wanted to get rid off
He thought his wife was at peace, as she was dead
So he planned to send his kids there
By killing them
He drowned them
And lodged a complaint himself to the police
Stating his kids went missing
But when the car was found
He stated , it was a murder
But the forensic reports gave him out , he was smart by acting around proving his innocence
But he was not smart enough to hide himself from the law
The truth
He pleaded guilty , when the finger prints matched him
Sometimes a battle can be won by two swords
Two guns
But there are many fights, wars which wouldn't require any of those
If she would broke out , into tears like she did today
Or got angry
Loosing her self control
She was going to loose it
It was all in her hands
To fight or to surrender
- ผู้เขียน
