Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-24248644-20160126035115

The sound of confession room's door awoke me from my dozing. I see slight ray of sunlight coming in on the other side of the wall. I hear the footsteps coming into the booth. I strighten myself in the my side of the booth, ready to listen to his confession.

"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned." said a masculine voice, breathing heavily.

"Tell me your sins, brother. And I will help you ask god for his forgivness."

After his breath slowed down a bit, he continued.

"I tried to go stright, Father. I tried to be a good man, and still am. And yet......"

"And yet your life is filled with bad things and misery? Brother, you should know god works in mysterious ways"

"Don't tell me that dreadful words, Father! What do you know about my terrible life?"

"I'm sorry. I was merely trying to ease your pain"

"Father, it was because of those reasons why I thought about committing suicide. But I've been to your sermons couple of times father. You told us how suicide is a sin. So I decided to commit other sins to keep me away from killing myself.

The man sighed, and there was moment of silence. As time went by, his breathing became faster and heavyier.

"I accuse myself of murder, Father".

I was in shock when he told me that. I took my time to calm my racing heart.

"Father, are you there? Were you suprised by my confession?"

"A little bit.". I anwered, lying to him.

"Yes, I was quite suprised myself once I realized what I have done. Would you like to know who was my victum?" He said with bit of apparent amusment in his voice.

"It really wouldn't change the fact that you have committed a grave sin.

"Will you turn me over to the authorities?"

"No, dear brother. You are a lost lamb of god. Once you repent your sin, god will surely forgive your sins."

He laughed. "But as you said, it wouldn't change the fact that I have sinned"

I kept my silence. I could feel my heart not calming down but beating even faster.

"It was a little girl, Father. So pure and innocent. I can still see her smiling as i approached her."

A sense of disgust began to swell within me.

"You killed....a weet young lad?"

"Oh, yes. The child is someone very close to you"

No, he couldn't have.....he didn't mean....

"....Sarah?" I said as i felt blood rushing through my vain.

"Yes. Sarah. The orphan girl that you have raised as your own daughter. Sarah wasn't even sacred of me, even when i pulled out my knife out of my pocket."

I heard shifting on the other side. Then I saw his bloody hands placing a knife on the counter between us. The blade was still dripping some red liquids. I was petrified, doing nothing but to stare at the shiny blade.

"She asked me If I was here to see Father Luminus. I nodded and told her I wanted to give him a message."

"What have you done to her?!"

"What do you think I did to her, Father? Don't worry, she didn't suffer much....I think."

I never thought I could get angry to that extent. I grabbed the knife, burst out of the booth, and ran to the other side. After openning the other door with a force, I drove the knife into his skin before he could react.

I pulled out the knife out of him and dropped it on the floor. As he was holding onto his wound, blood started to form in his mouth.

"Thank...*cough*..you, Father, you have freed me."

"What?"

"You said.....yourself. Suicide is a sin. Thanks to you, I can finally.....*cough* leave this wretched earth. Sorry for....my bad language, but goddamn, you wrere...*ack* gullible."

"So Sarah is....

"She's fine, Father....Though I'm not sure how she'll understand what you have don..*cough, cough, ack*....Thank you once again for freeing me, Father. God....bless you" He said as his life faded away, with a peaceful smile on his face.

I felt the presence of someone behind me. I turned around to see Sarah, staring at me for what I have done. 