PIECE OF MIND #2 - SCARLET

SCARLET

By Lemony Lemon

            It was cold that night. She straightened up her coat as she walked down the street. The icy cold wind slapped her face few times. Still, she doesn’t budge. The weather seemed nothing to her. She smirked.

Useless.

No matter how thick the coat she wore, or how long the scarf wore around her neck, she won’t feel warm.

            Why?

            Because the cold doesn’t come from the atmosphere, it came from her heart. She is a cold-blooded hunter after all. She hunted down her prey and gets a generous amount of pay from it. She looked normal from the outside. But inside, only God knows how she led her life.

            Her name is Scarlet. It suits her as her life is filled with red, the colour of blood. Yet, she probably named due to the colour of her eyes. Deep red.

            Her hands were dirty. It is so dirty and there is no way it can be cleaned. She never intended to quit her work nor will she feel guilty of what she’d done.

            Until the day when she received a new order to kill a man, everything changed. Her life take a detour, their fate intertwined. Meeting him, it changed the way she sees the world. She was unsure of what she’s doing. She felt wronged. She tried to stop doing something that she lived for. Killing and money no longer in her dictionary. She finds the purpose of her life.

            But of course, it won’t end easily. She can’t lead a happy life after what she’d done right?