The door unlocked as I picked up the baby girl that was in the crib.
I walked into the other room as the mother, pumped full of drugs came in.
She shut the door and looked at me and shrieked.
I just held the child and looked at her.
"hello Claire " I said calmly.
"IM GOING TO CALL THE POLICE!!!!" she screamed at me reaching for the phone.
"you go right ahead and do that" I said. " but I will be gone before they get here and there will be no trace of me.
And on top of that they will take this little angle from you.
So if I were you I wouldn't " she stopped and looked at the phone and decided i was right.
"ww..what do you want.." i handed her the baby "I have ben watching you closely Claire.
You see its my job.
You have a beautiful baby girl and were so promising after high school but you picked up the drugs.
And you leave your baby alone.
Come on.
You know better than that" she just stared at me in awe.
I walked tords the door "the babysitting session was free tonight and I sparred you this one time.
But i warn you Claire, the next time you see me.
I may be the last thing you ever see, " I walked out side and got on my Harley.
"have a good night Claire " I said as she gaped at me.
I started my bike ant took off.
I walked into my chambers and seen him staring at me.
"Marcelo I dont want to hear it " I said walking by him
"sir you know you shouldn't have done that" he said
"your my advisor and servant, not my boss " I looked him in his decaying face.
Most of it was gone alot of bone was showing, and his clothes were tatterd and decaying.
I could tell it hurt me to tell him hes a servant.
Most of my companions dont like it.
being dead they thought they could rest but instead they are my babysitters.
"I was just trying to help sir" marcelo said
" Ive seen pleanty of families torn apart and destroyed, sometimes people need a second chance" one of the servants placing my supper on the table snorted "something funny" I said looking at them.
Noticing they screwed up and started apologizing.
I got pissed.
Probably a little to upset.
I walked tords him I could feel myself changing my skin melting way and exposing bone.
My leather jacket and jeans turning into the old tattered robe and the buck knife I kept on my belt getting heavy and turning into my scythe.
Before he could object I swung the scythe and took his head clean off.
His dead decaying body hit the ground and started to boil and bubble like acid.
" Anyone else wanna say something " I said.
My voice boomed through the silent halls.
"that's what I thought" I said sitting in my chair.
"Marcelo, escort everyone out including yourself " he nodded and soon I was alone.
Watching Claire smash everything she had that involved drugs and holding her baby tightly.
The mirror shimmerd and shown the image of Claire.
She was sitting with her little girl on the computer.
She didn't look like such a mess this time from being all drugged up.
Looking at the computer screen I could see she was on a job site.
Smiling I took a sip of my coffee.
The bosses and Marcelo may not agree with what I did, but I didn't care.
I munched on my toast and sipped coffee.
I looked at the humongous table that I sit at the head of and sighed, this place is so lonely.
Every single chair was empty.
"Good morning sir" Marcelo said from behind me.
"morning Marcelo "i said standing up and facing him.
His dead eyes were looking at the mirror and the image of Claire and her child.
"You know, I was thinking last night sir, maybe you made the right choice, that child deserves that type of mother " he said
"oh your just saying that" I said cracking a smile he smiled slightly witch was a good thing, Marcelo barely smiles.
I feel bad for the guy practically being my baby sitter.
I walked down the hall to a set of big doors and opend them, walking into a room full of hour glasses.
"any customers today" I said to myself walking down the rows and rows of timers.
Seeing that none were close to dropping there last grains of sand I figured today was going to be a free day, then one caught my eye.
It was almost empty but the sand wasn't moving normally.
it was going incredibly slow, like watching it threw a slow motion camera.
I picked it up confused and took it with me out the door.
"hey Marcelo, whos glass is this" i said handing it to him.
He also looked a bit perplexed by how slow the sand was moving.
"Im not sure sir, let me see" usually the glasses have a name on them but this one did not for what i seen.
Marcelo took the glass and placed it on a pedestal.
The hour glass started glowing and slowly on the top a name started to be carved in.
"its a woman " he said pausing "Helena is her name , and shes a college student " he said looking at me.
"Should I go check it out?" "probably, to be on the safe side"
"well, I always wanted to go back to college.
" I said getting my leather jacket and slipping it on.
"I'll be in touch " I yelled over my shoulder as a exited the room.
To be continued.