Chapter 27: Chapter 27     The Execution      

Chapter 27     The Execution      

 

 

 

The time passed ,and neared the date of execution. Wally remained mystified by the bracelet ,and couldn’t figure out what made him uneasy about this whole case. All media channels were reminding everyone about the execution at 9 pm at the death row block nicknamed ‘The Lost Soul's Block’ by the guards. David Stein entered Joshua's cell with a serious face while he was eating lunch.

"I sent an appeal to the supreme court. They rejected it ,and announced the execution will go on as scheduled."

David waited for Joshua to scream, weep, bang his head against the wall, but nothing happened. Joshua continued to eat in silence!

"Why don’t you say something? Shout, cry, do something for God's

sake! What can I do?"

The fork heading to Joshua's mouth stopped. He placed it on the table, stood up,and whispered softly, "Enough! Stop acting this way, Stein. I know you did everything you could to help me,and I thank you from the bottom of my heart! You stayed with me the whole way through ,and for that, you should be proud."

Joshua put his warm hands on Stein's shoulders who started to weep like a little boy who was being punished.

"Stop crying, Stein! You're a good person, you're a brilliant lawyer

,and I'm sure you'll be famous ,and become one of the most sought- after lawyers very soon. ,and you know why? Because you're a human being first, you were with me ,and took care of me when the whole world was against me! Even my bible disciples turned against me, but I don’t blame them, you know why? Because I was the monster everyone ran away from, everyone feared."

Stein finally managed to stop weeping.

"You will always be in my heart, from the moment you were forced to defend me till the end,and the end is near." He laughed. "Tonight at 9 o'clock."

They hugged in affection ,and Joshua wiped his teary eyes ,and saw Stein out.

"Get out of here. I have one last request for you. Don't come to the execution, not you."

At 7 o’clock, at his house, Wally put the bracelet in his hand.

"How are you today, my precious bracelet?" He caressed the bracelet like you caress a lover. "You know, today is Joshua's last day. After 9 pm tonight you won't be needing Joshua anymore, you won't be his! You'll be mine!" He kissed the bracelet. "You love me, right? You want to be with me, be a part of me? You're my precious

,and no one will take you away from me!"

His left-hand fingers moved slowly ,and held the bracelet, caressing it gently ,and placing it open on his right arm. An unfamiliar sensation of submission ,and completeness surrounded him. He lifted his right hand to close the bracelet on his arm, his left-hand fingers held the ends of the bracelet ,and brought them closer! A smile of happiness appeared on his face! Soon it’d be on his arm, but something felt wrong!

He slammed his left hand against the table ,and cried out, "How can this be! Why won't it close around my arm? What's going on?" Wally was guilt-ridden with frustration ,and bitterness to boot. He tried again unsuccessfully to tighten the bracelet, holding it up disbelievingly checking it from every possible direction. "I don’t understand it. How could this be? If it's Joshua's bracelet, why won't it fit me?"

He remembered Joshua's meaty hand as he sat across from him.

 "Joshua's hand is wider than mine, then why?"

Suddenly, he froze. His face contorted in terror as if he had met the angel of death, the frightful truth was right before him, but he had missed it.

"The bracelet really isn't his! Joshua was telling the truth! The bracelet really isn’t his." Wally paced back ,and forth in the room. He looked like a psychotic patient having an anxiety attack.

"Hold on! I saw the bracelet before I took it from José! Damn! Where did I see the cursed bracelet? Who is the killer? Where did I see this bracelet? I must remember! I must remember! Damn, it must have been in one of the tapes we took from Abraham ,and Eve!" Wally stopped pacing ,and looked at his watch in fear.

"Oh no! It's 7 p.m. I have two more hours to find who this bracelet belongs to. I must find the killer in two hours! " Wally ran to the phone, adrenalin slamming through his mind ,and his body on fire!

"Hey Mickey, you must come to my house now! It's urgent! I can't tell you anything right now!"

"Okay, Wally, I hope it's not something stupid! It's 7 pm. Don’t forget we must be at the jail at 9!” Hearing the commotion, Mickey’s partner came in.

"What's the matter, Mickey? I heard you had a phone call, right? Don’t tell me you're leaving now, you promised!" Mickey waved his hand in dismissal ,and sighed.

"Yeah, I must go now. There's an emergency at Wally's. He ran into something, maybe his nose got stuck in a drawer?" They both started laughing.

The preparations for the execution continued in full force. Wally ,and Mickey watched the first tape tensely. Wally's wife served them some coffee ,and cookies ,and left them alone. Suddenly, Wally froze the tape ,and jumped up pointing at the bracelet on the screen.

"Did you see that, Mickey? Look, look, the bracelet is on one of the guests at Eve's party. It's one of the doctors that works in the infirmary, I'm almost sure it is."

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Mickey got closer to the screen, he held José's bracelet ,and compared it to the one on the screen. He shook his head.

"Shit! I was sure it was the bracelet! Damn it! What time is it, Mickey?"

Mickey looked at his watch which became a giant monstrous clock ticking away in their heads loudly ,and threateningly.

"It's 7:40."

On the other side of town, one of the guards looked at his watch as well which ticked away monotonously.

"7:41, oh man. By the time it’s 9 pm, we'll be wiped out. What a mess, everyone's going to be there, the president, senators, the chief of police, everyone, anyone who wants his photo taken, to be seen, big deal! It's just an execution, this is beginning to look like a circus."

Wally walked up to the video machine, took out the tape they had been watching,and put in a new tape.

"Don’t give up, Mickey. We've already seen 12 tapes, we only have 6

more to go. It'll be okay."

"What are you talking about? I don’t think we have time to watch all of them. It's ten past eight. I think that even if we look at all the tapes, we won't find anything, you're as stubborn as a mule, Wally."

Wally didn’t answer ,and quickly turned on the new tape that showed Eve in a skimpy swimming suit at the pool.

"Forget it, Mickey, look who's at the pool. Would you invest in her?"

Mickey approached the screen ,and put his face up to the screen checking her out jokingly ,and laughed.

"What a body! You're right, Can Dr. Gideon handle her? Or does he need any help?"

Both sat back down ,and focused their gaze on the screen. Occasionally, Mickey fast forwarded the tape ,and Wally grabbed the remote from him ,and reminded it.

The first visitors arrived at the hall located across from the execution room. The media was already settled in ,and were filming ceaselessly. The guards guided the visitors according to their importance. The time was 8:25.

Abraham parked his car ,and looked at his watch tensely as Michelle watched him secretly feeling uncomfortable under his frozen stare.

"I shouldn't have come, it looks gruesome. I was tempted like an idiot," Michelle thought out loud.

Mickey ,and Wally seemed tired. They were not motivated ,and didn’t seem to believe they could solve the mystery. Mickey walked to the video player ,and could barely put in a new tape.

Wally's wife who had been watching them secretly for a while noticed their lack of enthusiasm ,and stormed into the room yelling, "You should be ashamed of yourselves, did you come here to sleep? Come on, keep searching, did you forget that thanks to you may be an innocent man will be killed? Move your asses already, come on, I'll help you!"

"Oh my God, Wally! What a woman, she can be the chief of police!"

"Oh no!” cried Wally.

“It’s 8:25, if we don’t find the killer now, they might as well execute us instead of Joshua!"

Both, along with Wally's wife, charged the VCR looking like the energizer bunny!

Eve ,and Gideon were being led into the hall to their first-row seats. Politicians quickly shook their hands. The hall was full,and it included all those who wished to be seen ,and heard! Joshua's cell door opened,and the guards walked in, placing a tray full of drinks, candy,and light refreshments on the table.

"It's 8:30, you have 15 minutes to finish your meal. We'll be coming for you at 8:45."

Mickey ,and Wally lit cigarette after cigarette ,and left the search to Wally's wife who bounced around. They glanced every so often at the screen. Mickey's eyes were focused on the floor as Wally's were staring at an imaginary spot on the ceiling. But Wally's wife scared them back to reality.

"What's the matter? Are you crazy? What's up with you? Have you lost your mind too?"

She screamed again, almost giving them a heart attack, "I found the bracelet." She pointed to it on the screen. "I swear it’s the bracelet! Come look."

They flew over to the screen, eyes glued to the screen ,and her hand holding the bracelet. Mickey screamed in excitement, "You're right! It's the bracelet! ,and it's 9 pm!"

He hugged Wally. Wally suddenly saw how everything fit together like a puzzle from hell. He played the events back in his head, meeting Isaac's parents ,and their spouses, finding the body, talking to José, José's evasion regarding the bracelet, meeting Joshua, the uncomfortable sensations, the pictures in Abraham ,and Eve's homes displaying the couples ,and their friends ,and the bracelet on the screen worn by a mysterious person.

 

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