He looked at me for a while and started to talk, “You know, the both of you look just like each other. But she was prettier. I fell in love with her after | first saw her in university. I still remember how thrilled I was when she said she would marry me. I was so happy that we got to live the rest of our lives together. But after we got married, I couldn‘t contain my anger whenever we fought. So, I hit her. I hit her and hoped that she would stop shouting at me when we fought. After I hit her for the first time, she stopped loving me and I noticed that. She can‘t stop loving me! And all of these went on and on. Until one day when I came back home, I saw that she was packing her stuff and
I love her!
was planning to leave me. I couldn‘t let that happen. So, I hit her, hard. But she still wanted to escape, so I killed her.” Tears started to roll down his cheek.
“I didn‘t plan to kill her. I really didn‘t. I just wanted her to stay with me.” He added, burying his head in his hands.
“What about the other three girls?” I asked.
“After Hazel died, I couldn‘t sleep. So, I went out and found girls who looked like my Hazel. I kidnapped them and I locked them in the mansion. But they all wanted to run away from me so I killed them too. Why did all of them want to leave me? Why.…..”
“That‘s not love, Anthony. If you really loved Hazel, you wouldn‘t have hurt her.” I said.
“But she said that she loved me! If
I love her! she loved me, she wouldn‘t want to leave me!” He shouted at me.
“Because your love was toxic! It was crazy! Do you know why I wanted to leave Lance Mason? Because I thought he was insane! Turns out you are the mad one, Anthony. I shouldn‘t have trusted you at all.”
He stared at me and he started to cry again.
“But maybe Hazel did love you. You see, she had a lot of chances to call the police but she didn‘t. Maybe that‘s because she hoped that you would change, but you didn‘t, it must have been very disappointing to her.”
I stood up and left the visitor‘s room.
Just when I walked out of the police station. I saw a man running towards the police station but he
I love her!
stopped when he saw me.
“Hazel?” He asked.
The man looked like he was in his fifties.
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