“The paper of the first person found guilty of the murder of at least one hundred people and subjected to the death penalty this past week has been submitted to Malacañang. He is recognized as the first Filipino to be subjected to the death penalty after several years since the death penalty was repealed after the time of former president Ferdinand Marcos. The remains of the Serial Killer will be burned and placed in the north cemetery in Manila. While his lawyer is no longer answering the call to answer our questions. .”
I turned off the television and then looked out the window of my room where I could see the children playing in the playground near where our house stands.
I was stunned for a few minutes until I felt my tears flow again while not taking my eyes off the children playing.
I slowly laughed while looking outside until my laughter turned into sobs that screamed at the pain I was feeling.
“Erelah.” I slowly stopped crying and turned to the one who called me. Again I saw a man with other men wearing white clothes.
“You need to eat and take medicine.” The person who called me said. I just stared at him for a moment then returned my gaze to the window.
The children who were playing in the window disappeared, it turned into a white wall until the window I was looking at disappeared and it was replaced by a white wall.
“After that, you should rest.” The man who called me added.
“Has he come yet?” I asked while not taking my eyes off the white wall in front of me.
“He’s gone Erelah.” He answered so I laughed and looked at him.
“How do you say he’s gone?” I asked as tears welled up in my eyes.
He didn’t answer so I laughed out loud causing the two men in white who were with him to touch me.
“Let go of me!” I screamed and tried to struggle. “Let go of me and I’ll report you to Damon!” I screamed and was about to bite someone who was holding me when something was injected into my shoulder causing me to weaken.
“Let me go… I’m not crazy.” I whispered before I passed out.
“Damon… Help me.”
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I opened my eyes and saw the man who injected me with a sleeping pill in front of me and was holding food.
“Has he come?” I immediately asked. The man looked at me then shook his head. I laughed and then looked to one side where there was a camera that I didn’t know what it was for.
“When is he coming?” I asked. The man in front of me didn’t answer.
“You need to eat Erelah.” He said then pointed to the spoon with only food in my mouth. I just looked at it and then looked at the man who was holding it.
“Damon will come back, won’t he?” I asked. There was no reaction on his face.
“Damon promised me he’d come out, didn’t he Gazer?” I called him because he was surprised. My tears flowed as I looked at him.
“We won, didn’t we? We won the case didn’t we?” I asked. Tears formed in his eyes as he looked at me.
“I’m still waiting for Damon to come back,” I whispered then looked at the cameras in a corner. I don’t know what those cameras are for. I don’t know what is happening to me now, all I know is that Damon promised me that he will come back for me.
“Erelah, he’s gone.” Gazer who was in front of me said sadly. I smiled sarcastically at him.
“He’ll be back,” I said while still not looking at him.
“He’s dead Erelah.” My body automatically stiffened while looking at the cameras on the side. I slowly looked at him and studied his expression.
I saw her tears fall while looking at the food she was holding.
“A few weeks have passed since he died. You were there when he was killed Erelah.” He said it made me cry and remember what happened a few weeks ago.
“Dying man!”
“He must die!”
“Kill that madman!”
“Damon…” I whispered as I looked at him through a large mirror.
There are many cameras inside where Damon’s death can be watched all over the country.
In the middle of the mirror, Damon is sitting on a chair with devices attached to his body. There was no expression on his face as he used to show in the hiring.
The people who are here next to me just continue to criticize and watch how Damon is killed. Like Damon, there was no emotion on my face either, after he confessed in court how he wanted to kill my father at that time I felt that they helped me to be a brother.
“5 minutes.” I looked at the one who spoke inside. The inside of the glass is soundproof so the noise of the people who are here with me cannot be heard inside.
I looked to one side of the mirror and saw Gazer and Havacco crying while looking at Damon. They immediately went to Damon when some guards who were there allowed them and hugged him while crying. My jaw stiffened and I kept looking at them coldly as I watched them.
I can’t imagine Damon killing just for his boss. I couldn’t imagine that he was planning to kill my father.
Even though he didn’t kill my father, I still feel bad for him because he rounded my head, he made it appear that he was shot by the people who killed my father even though the truth is that he shot himself.
I want to help Damon, I want him. Wish.
My memory came back again where Damon confessed all his sins in court.
I bent my hand because of the anger I felt, not at Damon but Draco. I’m angry yes. But that’s not for Damon, I’m annoyed with Damon because why does he have to lie to me?
The justice I thought I had obtained for my father has not yet been obtained.
“The time has come.” I looked at the person who spoke, I saw that they were sending Gazer and Havacco away next to Damon who still had no emotion on his face. He is not sad, he is not happy. He doesn’t cry. Damon is as emotionless as ever.
“The apparatus is already.” I heard an officer say inside.
“Chai Achaz ‘Damon’ Hussein, you have been found to have killed more than a hundred people in a few years since you were a child. The court found you guilty of homicide, murder, and other violations of the law. man. So on this day July 31 the year 2022, you will be punished for your sins in the form of Electrocution under the death penalty.” I heard an officer say inside. I swallowed while looking at Damon who still had no emotion on his face.
While looking at him, I remembered the times when he made me feel how to be happy, how he teased me with the method of saying “I’m going to kill myself.”
How he looked at me coldly even though I knew he was concerned about me and how he said the word “promise”
My tears immediately started to fall as his eyes turned in my direction.
“Any last word Mr. Damon?” asked an officer near him. Damon never took his eyes off me. The Officer waited for him to say but a minute passed and he didn’t say a word, he just kept looking at me.
“Perform the electrocution.” General’s order.
The officers prepared Damon, they were about to put a cap on Damon’s head when he spoke.
“I love you, Erelah.” He said that stopped the people there and also me. The cold heart and the wall I built seemed to melt when I heard that from him while he was looking at me.
Now, I can see the sadness in his eyes. I could see the regret on his face, he smiled at me, a smile he always showed me when we were alone together.
Next, my tears started to fall as they covered Damon’s face, I immediately grabbed the mirror as if I was stopping what they were going to do to Damon.
“Damon… Damon…” I said and ran towards the door and entered the glass. When I entered, I saw that the officers were taking their places.
“Damon I love you too!” I screamed causing the people inside me to look. Those next to Damon also stopped and looked at me.
I was about to approach Damon when Gazer and Havacco stopped me from approaching him.
“Damon I love you so much!” I shouted as I looked at Damon with his face covered. I couldn’t see if she was smiling or crying, I wanted to go closer to hug her even for a moment but it was too late.
“Execute Mr. Damon now.” The general’s order made me stop for a moment and I saw for myself how Damon died in the electric chair he was sitting on.
My world seemed to stop as I looked at Damon who was slowly losing his breath.
“Damon!” I screamed and wailed inside where Damon was.
“Damon! I love you!” I cried and screamed and for the second time, I felt a needle prick me again, my body gradually weakened and my vision began to spin.
“I love you, Damon.”