Chapter 3: The call.
What the fuck? She opened her eyes to the sound of her phone ringing. She looked at her clock and saw that is was 3 o'clock in the morning. Who would be calling me on this hour? She got up from the chair and walked to her phone to pick it up.
"Hello?" "Good morning Clarice, sorry for interrupting your good night sleep, but then again I guess that you weren't sleeping, after all the lambs still scream don't they?"
"Doctor Lecter." she was stunned that he would call her after everything that happened. "Don't bother with a trace Clarice, I won't be on the phone long enough."
"Why are you calling me Doctor, I thought that you would be travelling as far away from me by now?" "I'm flattered that you worry about me Clarice, but it's not necessary my dear. I just couldn't stop myself to call and check up on you."
"Why did you cut of your own finger instead of mine Doctor? I don't understand why you would hurt yourself rather then me." She couldn't stop herself for asking.she had to know. "Well isn't it obvious Clarice? I thought that I made myself clear enough that evening. Which reminds me how is the shoulder Clarice?"
"I'm fine Doctor. I could better ask you how you are after you cut of your finger?!" "Oh I'm fine Clarice, it's a bit stiff but in a while a can work with it again, thank you for your concern. Tell me Clarice, how is our dear mister Krendler doing? I'm dying to know." Always that sarcasm and games of his. "I think you know Doctor, it's been all over the papers. Doctor why did you asked me if I would ever ask you to stop, what did you mean by that?"
"Well I hope for mister Krendler's sake that he still will die pretty soon, but then again it would be nice to see him spend the rest of his days in a mental hospital like his doing know, don't you think Clarice? What did you think of me punishing him for what he did to you Clarice hmm? Did you feel guilty? Tell me truly." He avoided her question; it was something she had to found out for herself and something that didn't needed any explanation.
"He didn't deserve what you did to him Doctor, no one deserves that." "Saint Clarice, always knows what's good and what's not. But I know that somewhere in that good heart of yours you wanted to see him suffer after everything he has done, don't lie to me Clarice, I saw it in your eyes when you saw him tied up." "I.I wanted him to pay for everything he had done to me yes, but not the way you punished him Doctor, that he didn't deserve."
"Everyone has his own way to punish someone Clarice, maybe ours weren't the same but at the end we have the same intentions, to let him pay. Well Clarice, unfortunately I have to say goodbye to you for know, but this time I can't promise you that I won't call on you Clarice, we still have some unfinished business to take care of don't you think? Take care my dear, Ta Ta." "Doctor Lecter wait! Doctor Lecter?" But he already had hung up.
What the fuck? She opened her eyes to the sound of her phone ringing. She looked at her clock and saw that is was 3 o'clock in the morning. Who would be calling me on this hour? She got up from the chair and walked to her phone to pick it up.
"Hello?" "Good morning Clarice, sorry for interrupting your good night sleep, but then again I guess that you weren't sleeping, after all the lambs still scream don't they?"
"Doctor Lecter." she was stunned that he would call her after everything that happened. "Don't bother with a trace Clarice, I won't be on the phone long enough."
"Why are you calling me Doctor, I thought that you would be travelling as far away from me by now?" "I'm flattered that you worry about me Clarice, but it's not necessary my dear. I just couldn't stop myself to call and check up on you."
"Why did you cut of your own finger instead of mine Doctor? I don't understand why you would hurt yourself rather then me." She couldn't stop herself for asking.she had to know. "Well isn't it obvious Clarice? I thought that I made myself clear enough that evening. Which reminds me how is the shoulder Clarice?"
"I'm fine Doctor. I could better ask you how you are after you cut of your finger?!" "Oh I'm fine Clarice, it's a bit stiff but in a while a can work with it again, thank you for your concern. Tell me Clarice, how is our dear mister Krendler doing? I'm dying to know." Always that sarcasm and games of his. "I think you know Doctor, it's been all over the papers. Doctor why did you asked me if I would ever ask you to stop, what did you mean by that?"
"Well I hope for mister Krendler's sake that he still will die pretty soon, but then again it would be nice to see him spend the rest of his days in a mental hospital like his doing know, don't you think Clarice? What did you think of me punishing him for what he did to you Clarice hmm? Did you feel guilty? Tell me truly." He avoided her question; it was something she had to found out for herself and something that didn't needed any explanation.
"He didn't deserve what you did to him Doctor, no one deserves that." "Saint Clarice, always knows what's good and what's not. But I know that somewhere in that good heart of yours you wanted to see him suffer after everything he has done, don't lie to me Clarice, I saw it in your eyes when you saw him tied up." "I.I wanted him to pay for everything he had done to me yes, but not the way you punished him Doctor, that he didn't deserve."
"Everyone has his own way to punish someone Clarice, maybe ours weren't the same but at the end we have the same intentions, to let him pay. Well Clarice, unfortunately I have to say goodbye to you for know, but this time I can't promise you that I won't call on you Clarice, we still have some unfinished business to take care of don't you think? Take care my dear, Ta Ta." "Doctor Lecter wait! Doctor Lecter?" But he already had hung up.