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The Price of Justice for a Friend
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"Actually,I've noticed you for a long time,but I just didn't find the right opportunity.It was your friend I saw at the seaside.And when I went to your house,I saw her again.
Ha~I don't know whether to say she was lucky or unlucky?"

Alex stared at me with a smile in his eyes.Seeing me floating away,he reached out and pulled me back.
He always kept a distance of about one meter from me.
I didn't know why he was suddenly telling me all this at this moment.
I was completely thrown off-balance.
"Curious how I knew?The cameras at home weren't installed for nothing."
I looked at Alex in shock,my heart pounding nervously.

I never knew that there were cameras installed in our previous home.
So,I had been like a clown in front of him all this time.
He knew exactly who I was,yet he played along with me.
I couldn't hold back anymore.I suddenly broke free from the swimming ring.

Diving underwater,I swam around behind Alex and took out the blade stuck to the side of my waist.
I raised my hand to slit Alex's throat,but when I surfaced,
Alex,who had been floating by the cordon,was gone!
I immediately panicked.Suddenly,my feet sank,and my whole body was pulled underwater.
It was Alex.
He was in the water,grabbing my foot and dragging me down forcefully.
There was still that terrifying smile on his face.
He kept dragging me down,deeper and deeper.
I panicked suddenly.I didn't know what he was going to do.
Judging by his appearance,he seemed to be determined to die.
I struggled desperately,thrashing around,
but I just couldn't shake him off.
I leaned towards Alex and swung my hand wildly.The blade slashed across his neck.
While he was covering his wound,I swam upwards with all my might.
Finally,when I broke through the water and took in the fresh air,Alex's devilish voice suddenly reached my ears.
"I was diagnosed with AIDS last month.I don't have much time left.It's pretty good to find a wife for myself before I die and drag her to the underworld to enjoy myself.There are so many people in this sea.What will happen to them if you've cut me?"
I stared intently at the adults and children playing in the water not far away,then looked back at the wound on Alex's neck.
And I panicked instantly.
He had AIDS.He was going to die anyway.
He knew he was going to die.What was the point of killing such a person?
If I carried out my original plan,his contaminated blood would stain the shallow sea area.
What if it caused others to be infected?
I couldn't kill him,at least not in the way I had originally planned.
Killing him would be setting him free.
Dying from a disease would be more painful than being killed with one blow,right?
As if suddenly awakening,I don't know where I found the strength.
I grabbed Alex and swam towards the shore.I had to save him.I couldn't let him die so easily.
On the beach,I coughed painfully.
Alex lay pale beside me.
Seeing the crowd gathering and someone approaching him,ready to give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
I shouted in despair,"Don't come near him!He has AIDS!"
Watching the originally gathered crowd scatter in an instant.
I don't know how long I waited.Finally,the police arrived.
The night before I surrendered myself,I kowtowed in front of Amelia's ashes for a whole night.
I handed the diary and the videos on the phone to the police.
Alex was arrested and sent to prison.
Learning that he would suffer and die a slow death in prison,
I finally felt at ease.