The Main Character

Another body and person to my name, not once caught. I am a genius serial killer and have even got the attention from the FBI’s most wanted list. Consider me flattered.

I don’t know or care who they are. A number on a long list of people who pay me to carry out their sweet, well-earned revenge. Easy as that.

My work doesn’t know. To them I am Jamie from marketing. I obviously do not murder under my own name, or any name that those close to me would recognise. Thousands of lives to my name, ‘Brandy S. Thomson. I always was quite the performer and I have recently been more cocky with my kills, revealing my real identity to them in their final breaths. I get quite the thrill in killing and nothing could ever stop me from happily taking a life. They fucked up and someone wants their head, I deliver. I also get paid a hefty fee for my ’troubles’ as I tell clients. Easy four-figures for a small job, anything drastic is upwards of six-figures. High profile kill? I want big money to eliminate the scum from this planet. The climate activists should really thank me publicly for my work in reducing the population issue destroying the planet.

Jamie. Simple dumb girl and an easy character to play in a dead-end job. She has to keep showing up so people don’t question the innocent girl. I work the night shift of being a murderer. So during the day I send in my partner in crime, Charly to keep the business running and keep everything off books. She gave me my start and works occasionally in the line of work during the day. Charly is set for life with money, so only comes back when life is uneventful and is hungry for blood.

A few weeks later I have a person following me. Random knocks on my front door and no one to be found. It didn’t bother me until I heard a voicemail come through on my personal phone number, not one of my double life.

“Hey Brandy, this is Robert Bradley and the first and last time we saw each other was when you forced your blade through my throat, cutting my airways. You told me your name, number and address. I know where you are and I could report you to the police, but they wouldn’t take the word of a dead man with no evidence. You cover it up well. Anyways, would like to catch up and find a way to bring you to justice. I’m sure you want to see me for yourself since I know too much of you to hide now. Don’t know how many of these situations occur in your life. Cheers.”

I felt the colour in my face similar to how I’ve drained the blood of my victims.

“Alive! I never leave the job unfinished and I am not getting caught now after all these years. I’ll hear him out, like I have a choice.”

I am pounding on Charly’s door furious and demanding answers now. I can’t ask anyone else for advice in this situation and she taught me the trade so if anyone knows what went wrong, I’m sure as hell hoping it is her. “Charly, open now!” I grit my teeth. I see only red, which although normal for me it is fuelled with passion towards my next victim.

Charly opens the door to have a gust blow past her body in the doorway as I move beyond where she is standing and invite myself in.

“I have a dead victim calling me back alive. They have my personal information, which I only started giving out before I killed any of these twats because I thought it was a permanent solution to people’s problems. The ones we get paid to fix. Explain now.” I am pacing back and forth across the living room, sure to close all curtains. I’m paranoid who is watching me for the first time in my life.

“I taught you everything you know, yes. I gave you your first tools to master the craft. You have well exceeded my own work. Problem is it only is effective 99.99999999999998% of the time, so even if you do everything correctly, there is a chance the person comes back to life.”

My next expression is murderous. “WHAT?!?!”

“I never said they’d stay dead. I taught you to kill. You seriously got stupid enough to tell all expecting that would be it, ha. Brandy, I have known you for years and the old you was cautious enough to avoid any slip-ups. You’ve thrown it all away and there is nothing you can do to change it. Your fate is sealed with your idiocy. He will be after you and this is all on you. Have fun babes!”