Saturday, September 4, 2010

Number Thirty-Six by Alba Arango

CLICK

September 4, 2010.

There she is. Number thirty-six. Dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, caramel colored skin. She’s perfect. Although, I must admit, I did question whether she was the right one or not. But then I thought, well...Nevada DID belong to Mexico once upon a time, so I think I was right to pick a Mexican girl. And a showgirl...come on! You don’t get more Nevada than that.

Hold on a sec...okay, there we go. She turned on the bedroom light. About another ten minutes and she’ll turn on the shower... and then! Number thirty-six will take her place in history.

*sigh* Ten minutes to kill. I guess I could start doing my research on number thirty-seven. Let’s see...thirty seven, thirty-seven...ah! Here it is. State number thirty-seven. Nebraska. Hmm. Farmer’s daughter maybe? I think that’s gonna be one of the quick states. Then after that, there’s only thirteen left. Man, time goes so fast. It seems like only yesterday that I spotted number one. Miss high and mighty Delaware. I wonder if the police ever found her fingers? Well, no matter. It’s not like they’d fit back on her hand any more anyway.

Whoops! Looks like number thirty-six has just picked her clothes out for tomorrow. Now that presents an interesting quagmire. Do I leave her in the buff? Or do I put her in the clothes she has so carefully chosen for tomorrow? I suppose I could do both...leave part of her one way and part of her the other. I wonder if Ted Bundy ever had this problem?

Well...it’s almost two-thirty. She should be ready for her shower soon. What crazy schedules these showgirls keep. Honestly! They should be paid extra just for working at those God-forsaken hours. I wonder what fool came up with the idea of having an eleven o’clock topless show? Had to be some sad, pathetic, got-nothing-else-to-do-on-a-Monday-night man.

Oh! Shower just came on. The clock reads two twenty-nine. Time for me to get to work.

Signing off for now.

CLICK

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh now this is VERY interesting!!! Is this merely a piece of flash fiction Alba....or is it an excerpt from a larger project? Watever, it's fascinating, a serial killer with a kill in every state. I love the voyeuristic aspect of the story. Very snappy writing. Well done!

Joann H. Buchanan said...

Alba...What is this part of, this is cool!! Is this the title of a novel, can't wait to read more of it!!...smiles...Joann

Alba Arango said...

Thanks guys! It's actually just a flash fiction project. Just one of those what ifs...