He stopped pulling me, and I walked on my own. My body seemed to be pulled by an invisible force and followed him in.
He came to a wall, drew a picture on the wall next to him with his hand, and the wall in front of him suddenly opened. There is a secret room inside.
It’s a dark room, and I also can’t see clearly. He went in and I followed. The door suddenly closed. I suddenly plunged into an endless darkness.
Then I heard the crisp sound of “ka”, which was the sound of a light switch. The room suddenly brightened. I can’t keep my eyes open because of the sudden brightness.
After I got used to it slowly, I was dumbfounded. The wall of a secret room is covered with my photos. The big one is more than one person tall, and the small one is only 10 centimeters.
“This. . . . Why is it all me? ” I don’t know what to say.
I carefully looked at the photos. It includes my normal state in class, those times when I attended the dance, and even when I’m sleeping alone.
I’m not feeling well.
“This is terrible, how did you take it? Why didn’t I know this? ”
Erik smiled grimly, but he didn’t answer and began to take off his shirt.
I shouted, “Erik, what are you doing!”
He walked towards me step by step, and I was forced into a corner. He supported himself using the wall and with his hand, and he pounded me. His mouth rose, and his bad appearance was a bit harsh.
“I love you, Kely. I have liked you since I was a child. Just follow me!”
Saying this, his mouth went up and I had no way to retreat. I had to cover my mouth with both of my hands.
He got my hands and kissed me.
“You better release me quickly. Or else, I will report you to the king!” I was forced to use the name of the last person he wanted to hear.
He smiled, “Do you think I’m still afraid of him?”
He held my chin and made me look up to him and said, “The king only cares about Edward. Also the queen, and you. I want to destroy them one by one! ”
Eric got weirder.
I shook my head hard. “Don’t do anything stupid, Eric. I know you are a good man!”
“Good man?” He asked while putting his arms around my waist and stuck my body tightly to his body. I can feel his heart beating violently.
“I’ve killed people! I sold drugs! I raped women and burned the houses of the poor! Can you still call me a good person?” He continued.
I understand. He was talking about his experiences in terrorist organizations. “We don’t blame you, you are meant for this country!” I said, comforting him.
“I also thought I was doing it for this country! I have such grandiose words to cover up my evilness.” He pushed harder.
“The first person I killed was an old man. He saw my contact with the informant. If I didn’t kill him, I would be exposed. I will die, everything will be lost, and the terrorist organizations will even retaliate. I stabbed him in the neck with a sharp knife, and it was bloody. I told myself that every drop of blood that was shed was needed, so that this country and its people could live a stable life!”
I couldn’t breathe when I was caught by him. I punched his chest hard. But it was harder like a hard rock.
He slowly let go of me, and continued. “After that, it was much easier for me to kill people. With the excuse of” for the country”. I had to show my cruelty, so that they would believe me that I killed people. In order to show my indifference, I killed people. In order to show my moodiness, I killed people. What they valued most was loyalty. In order to avenge one of the terrorists, we washed an ordinary family with blood in order to show my kindness to him. No one saw her. I should have let her go, but I didn’t. One shot to the head and the back of her head was directly lifted off! I slowly discovered that under the grandiose excuse of serving my country, I killed people for pleasure! I was really happy!”
I was so scared that I didn’t know what he would do next.
“I want to kill people now!” He punched the wall. “When I want to kill people, I will come to this room and look at your photos. I will soon calm down!”
I froze and asked, “Me?”
He suddenly knelt in front of me. “Mom came back, I could have changed and become a good person.”
“But, she’s gone! Everything is gone!” I said.
Erik cried his heart out. I held him, sat on the ground, stroked his hair and comforted him.
“Everything will be fine!” I whispered.
He didn’t answer, but his sobs gradually died down.