I turned into the park and cut my way across the lawns. My thoughts kept spinning in circles and I was no further in deciding what I wanted to do. All I knew was that the woman had gotten me into trouble. I would never have thought that I would even think twice about carrying out an order. I had killed women and felt no remorse, for these women had been monsters. There had been nothing innocent about them. Nothing that was gentle or good. My new target was not like the others. I had made some inquiries about her. Her name was Miriam and she was an orphan. She worked hard, lived in a cheap apartment and donated a good part of her poor income for the child cancer aid. I also found out that she performed as a clown twice a year for the sick children. No! She was not like the others. She didn’