Chapter Seven
Dave needed a way to kill Yvonne, something that would kill her, but that he could do without anyone realising and stopping him. How could he do it? There was strangulation, or stabbing but that was ugly and what if one of the kids found her, Chloë, or Theo? He could not put either of them through that, then it hit him, the luck virus, it was known that if you had too much it would have the opposite effect and there could be severe consequences, maybe that could result in death. Marvellous. He had his crime; he had his method, now all he had to do was commit the crime and fast. He grabbed the virus and skipped off down the corridor no one would have known that Dave Lister had murder in mind.
On the way he had to go past Kriss' room, he stood outside the door contemplating whether to grab a few seconds with his children, he missed them all like mad, even Chloë and Theo, he decided to try. He didn't even knock; he just opened the door and walked in the picture that met his eyes made tears form. He saw before him a wonderful family. Chloë was sitting on the floor playing with her dolls. Llewey and Jim-Bexley were playing together with their Lego. Alicia was playing with her baby doll. Theo was sitting on his mat playing with cars. Izzy was playing with her pony toys and Damien was trying to play with Theo.
Dave collapsed onto his knees in tears. The room went completely silent; all you could hear was Dave's sobs and howls.
"Stop it Dave" Kriss yelled, "You're making a scene"
"Please let me come back," Dave begged, "I'm sorry, I love you all!"
"No you don't Dave" Kriss corrected him "you love having us, that's completely different!"
"Kriss" Dave pleaded, "I do love you, I love you, I love Chloë, I love Llewey, I love Jim-Bexley, I love Alicia, I love Theo, I love Izzy, I love Damien and I love our new baby too"
"You are not worming your way back in David Lister, you said good bye the moment you slept with Lilimay"
"But Krissie"
"No! Stop it, I don't even want you on the ship"
"So I can't even see the children any more, please don't do that Kriss, please"
"You can stay on the ship but one more problem and you're off!"
