Homework 7

April 29, 1809

    Every night for two weeks, I’d watch the old man eat supper, play with his evil henchman of a cat and go to his room. He laid on the bed and fall into deep sleep at exactly ten o’ clock. That gave me two hours to stealthily make my way into his room, shut the door quietly, go into the closet, close it slightly without causing it to creek, light my lantern and peer it open to watch the old man. But every night that I had done so, I always heard a faint ticking noise. Like that of a clock wrapped in cotton. I figured that it was my imagination but every night I heard it. It got louder and louder and louder until finally, I thought that it must’ve been something big and pure.

  ‘His heart! That must be it!’ I whispered to myself on the last night as I peered the lamp once more to the old man. I remember seeing his eye open and me quickly shutting the door. I remember the fright that I heard as the old man panted. ‘Wh-who’s  there?! Show yourselves!’ I leaped out of the closet, and jumped on top of the old man. He let out only a small and faint yelp but I had shut him up and before I knew it, the old man was neither breathing nor moving. He was as cold as stone. I remember the sigh of relief and pride as I soon laughed in victory. ‘I did it! The evil eye is gone! And poor Mr. Perkins can now rest in peace as I ridded him from Hade’s eye!’ I looked over to the unmoving man and started to think ‘Now to hide the body…’ I took the man’s body and cut it up into little pieces, then shoved it into a bag and threw within the floor boards. It was done! The excellent deed  had been done and now I can sleep in peace.

   As I walked over to fix the room up, a knock at the door stopped me in my tracks. I quickly covered up the room and ran down stairs in confident. For what did I have to fear now that everything was settled? I did what was needed to be done! I had nothing to be afraid of! I opened the door and smiled at the two police men that stood at the doorway.