Sabbatical

Chapter 3

Watching the sunset, Kate explained her dilemma. "These past few weeks I've been trying to decide what I'm going to do with you. It's been a long time since I've lived with someone else. I'm not sure how well the roommate situation is going to work out."

His hand reached out to cup her cheek. Turning her head to be facing him, he brushed his thumb across her lips before leaning down to try to capture her mouth with his.

Finally uncrossing her arms, putting a hand to his chest, she stopped him. "That's not on the table."

He didn't take her rejection well.

Roughly, he grabbed her by the back of her neck. "Now you listen here - you're going to get back in that bed and you're going to -"

In two quick jabs, using the same little homemade shiv she had used to pick her lock, Mr. Kaplan slashed both of his carotid arteries.

Letting go of her, he stumbled backward in shock. By the time he seemed to reconsider and angrily started to lurch back toward her, it was too late. She didn't even have to move. He hit the ground before reaching her.

While his dog sniffed him curiously, she went back to watching the rest of her sunset.

He should have kept spoon-feeding her instead of giving her a chance to get a hold of her own utensil.

Finis

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