Glare (226 hits)
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Submitted by Brendan (View user info) at 2005-07-18 12:22:44 EDT
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There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
James Thurber
Connor has always been a glow, with his blonde hair, blue eyes and generally All American good looks. Then there is me. I'm a glare; I blind others with my lies and deceit, always looking for an angle.
Tonight the glow will fade.
We have always been competitive ever since we were small children learning how to hunt with our Father. This was one area I was clearly better than him in, he didn't have the killer instinct. He always had the good boy charm that appealed to everyone and caused me to be left in the dark which in turn caused me to do as I pleased. I never worried about consequences because punishments are short term especially if you are young.
Out newest form of competitive release were girls. We would constantly attempt to one up the other. Despite his good looks he was shy and this caused me and my more abrasive style to often win out when it came to picking up women. I could tell this made him jealous and angry but what did it matter eventually the girls would realize what I was doing and then he would have his pick from them all but I was going to try and taint as many as possible before hand.
I knew this angered him but what did I care he would have it all someday and I knew my time was almost up so I was enjoying it. This evening I was taking Beth to a spot in the woods where there was a clear view of the moon. The great thing about being 17 was that girls still thought that romance was real and what was more romantic than this.
As we sat and chatted I had a strange feeling of being watched, that someone or something was staring at us. I shook it off and continued with my plan to seduce this young lady. All was going well until I saw my brother approaching from the edge of the woods.
I couldn't believe I was about to be cock blocked by this asshole and as I stood up I heard the unmistakable bang of a .44 magnum and as I looked over I saw Beth's head explode in a cloud of brain matter and skull.
"So Desmond you think you can just move from one girl to another without fear of repercussions from anyone?"
"Are you fucking insane Connor?"
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not that will be for the courts to decide."
"I don't understand."
"Remember that quote Father always loved?"
"Yeah, there are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures."
"You know how you always considered yourself the glare and I was the glow because you were always fucking around. Well in reality the glow only blinded everyone to what I've been doing."
"What are you talking about?"
"Desmond do you remember those girls who went missing in Allentown last year?"
"Rachel and Lori?"
"Yes those little sluts that you used and then threw away. I killed them, well I raped them first."
"Why?"
"You have always had the spotlight with your juvenile antics and generally petty crimes. You have no originality. So now I'll have the spotlight, they'll talk about me and what I have done."
"Connor be serious you can't honestly believe-"
The sound of a second shot echoes through the forest.
"Good night big brother and don't worry Mom and Dad will be meeting you in heaven soon enough."
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