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“You ruined everything!” Max roared, bringing the club down with a sickening
thud.
Violet shrieked as the blow struck her
shoulder. “Max, please!” she cried, holding up her hands in a futile attempt to shield herself. “Think of the baby!”
“The baby?” Max spat, his voice laced with venom. He raised the club again. “You think you can use that child as a weapon against me, Violet?”
“You’re mad!” she yelled, trying to crawl away. Blood seeped from her shoulder, staining her blouse. “You’ll regret this! You’ll regret everything!”
Max slammed the club into the ground. beside her, making her flinch. “The only regret I have is being with you!”
“Max, listen to me!” Violet pleaded, tears streaming down her face. “I love you! I did
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this for us, for our future!”
“There is no us!” Max bellowed, his voice echoing over the growing murmurs of the crowd. “You destroyed my life, my marriage, my…”
“You destroyed it yourself Max! You’re to be blamed! Don’t put this on me!” Violet interrupted, her voice breaking. “You
chased after me! You lied to her! This isn‘ t my fault, Max!”
The words only seemed to enrage him further. He swung again, hitting her leg as she let out a bloodcurdling scream.
“Stop! Someone stop him!” an onlooker yelled, trying to edge closer but hesitating at the sheer violence of the scene.
Violet’s screams turned into sobs as she
tried to crawl away again, dragging her injured body. “Max, you’ll go to prison for
this!”
Max‘ s breath was ragged, his vision red with fury. “Prison is nothing compared to
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the hell you’ve put me through!”
The distant wail of sirens pierced the air, but it did nothing to break his focus. He raised the club once more, Violet’s cries drowned out by his own rage.
“Max!” she screamed one last time, her voice fading as his final blow landed.
She fell to the ground with a shocked expression plastered on her face. She couldn’t believe Max could do this.
The sound of sirens blaring in the distance was now close. Someone had called the cops. Suddenly a firm hand grabbed his arm, pulling him back as officers swarmed the scene. Max struggled briefly, panting heavily, his eyes wild.
It was only then, as he looked down, that reality hit him. Violet’s lifeless body lay in a pool of blood, her face unrecognizable, her body broken.
The golf club slipped from his hands, clattering to the ground. He staggered
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back, his legs weak, as the weight of his actions crushed him.
As Max stood there, trembling and drenched in blood, the officers surrounded him. One of them stepped forward. “Stand back with your hands above your head.”
A cold shiver ran down Max’s spine as he raised his hands slowly and looked down at what he had done with wild eyes. It was a
bloody mess.
“Let me see your hands!” The officer said approaching him. He raised them higher then the officer grabbed him.
“Mister you are under arrest for the murder,” the officer said, gripping his arm tightly as he secured the handcuffs around Max’s wrists. The cold metal bit into his skin, grounding him in the horror of what he’d done.
“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law,” the officer
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continued reading his right with a heavy
tone.
Max’s breathing was shallow, his mind replaying the gruesome scene before him.
“You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you,” the officer finished, motioning for his partner to take Max away.
The words echoed in his ears, but they were drowned out by the gruesome image of Violet’s bloodied body on the
pavement.
“I… I… just wanted to teach her a
lesson..” He realized what he had done! It all dawned on him as he looked at her lying down lifelessly.
As they led him away, he turned back one last time, his heart sinking further at the sight of what he had done.
His lips shook, he has gone too far with this! He had murdered Violet and his baby!
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