Chapter 52. Lightning

ALICIA CHAY

When I hunted Brenda down for kicking (and fatally bruising) an alley cat, I didn't feel guilty about what I was going to do. If you asked me, anyone hurting animals deserved a little...discipline.

In my case, I went overboard. I drained Brenda, my lunatic student, of blood an hour after she called her mother a bitch. In front of her screaming parent, I ripped Brenda's heart out because she kicked a cat in the stomach on her way to school.

I happen to love cats! I gasped with fear and wanted to take away the cat's pain. It wasn't the cat's fault she was in remedial classes. I could care less about her calling her mother a bitch. Her mother was her own woman, a tax-paying zombie following an ant routine of life, love, cheating, and bills.

All I wanted to do was scare her, but she was extra tempting that day, smelling of expensive perfume yet dressed cheaply. Her essay paper, which I read from yahoo, was enticing and informative. It had my overall a