Notes

"There is no flaw in the plan", he reassured himself. Hiding in his room, Johnny is waiting for the dark to come down to the face of the earth. "All that is evil is somehow connected to the darkness, since the dawn of the time", his thoughts felt a little too philosophical even to himself. It is the final hand of the play that he has planned for the last few months.

About three months ago, he couldn't but eavesdrop to his uncles sitting with his lawyer. His Uncle, who never had a child, took Johnny as their foster kid. Johnny was raised by his foster parents. He called them uncle and aunt. He never saw his actual parents. Maybe he never felt the urge to make someone his father figure. His uncle was always like a distant person to him. Not that it was for any lack of good will or try from his uncles side. He loved Johnny with all his heart. Despite that, he always noticed that his nephew was not like the other kids. "He is just a bit introvert; side effect of not having a proper family", he thought to himself. "Maybe he will become more like a normal person when he grows up." But Johnny did not. So the distance increased as he grew up. But his uncle never thought of him anything less than a son. A couple of years ago, He lost his wife in road accident.

"I want to make a will, dear friend"; Johnny heard his uncle talking to his lawyer. "Time doesn't stop for anyone, and I want to wrap everything up before I go." His lawyer asked, "As true as that is, what do you have in mind?". Uncle replied, "I want all of my belonging to be left for my nephew" . "You know, your brothers and other relatives are not gonna be happy with your decision", his lawyer spoke with a bit of disappointment in his voice. "You can never make everyone happy in this world". His uncle replied. " Okay, the paperwork will take sometime. I will make everything ready and talk to you soon", the lawyer said. Then they continued their conversation about some technical details. Johnny could not think straight. He was in the balcony and his uncle did not notice him there. His heart was pounding like he just finished a sprint. From the whole conversation, the only idea he grabbed was he getting all the property of his foster dad, who was a successful entrepreneur and who made a fortune from his business.

The dream of having such a big property made him think, how it could be done sooner. He rationalized, "The old man is gonna die anyway. whats the harm if he dies a bit early". Subconsciously, he started to plan to commit the crime that he never thought he was capable of doing.

So during dinner one day, he asked his uncle, "When is your lawyer finalizing your will?" His uncle replied after a pause, "Its gonna be done tomorrow." So Johnny starts planning seriously.

There was one caretaker who resided just outside their big house. The only other people who came to the house regularly was the manager of his uncle. He leaves the house around the evening. After that, he and his uncle is alone in the house.

So Johnny started to tell everyone that he is going to go to a tour next weekend. And he actually bought train tickets. And, today, he got out of the house after noon for the train, saying goodbye to his uncle and the manager. But he managed to return to his room from the back of the house by surpassing the fence. He managed a nicely sharpened knife, a pair of gloves. He noticed that at evening, his uncle watches tv by himself in the living-room. So he picked this time.

About 10 minutes ago, he noticed the manager leaving. Johnny is not in any hurry. He waited long enough for this day, so he can wait a few minutes more. His plan is to kill his uncle and then leave the house through the back entrance. And then leave the city. Then after when he receives the news of his uncle dying, He will come back crying. He revises the full plan once again. "Full-proof plan", he patted his own back.

He notices the sound of tv downstairs. "Showtime", Johnny thinks to himself. He put on the gloves and grabbed the knife. He comes downstairs without making any sound. The room is dark. He can only see the bald head of his uncle, facing the tv. It looks a bit pale than usual, but he doesn't notice. "That old fool", he thinks."I am actually doing him a favour by giving him a chance to leave this boring life". He approaches. He saw it on tv that people make this weird sound when their throat is severed. "I am gonna hear that live today", He smirks. He gets near the couch and maneuvers quickly. Holding the head of his uncle, he slits the throat immediately. "Whats wrong!" He thinks to himself, the is no blood, and no weird sound either. Before he can understand anything, the room is lighten up. He looks back. Its very bright and he cannot see clear as he was in the dark for a long time. But he is sure that his uncle, the lawyer and 2 polices are standing there.
"Did you really think I wont notice you asking me about my will which I never discussed with but my lawyer, you stupid ?" His uncle asks. Johnny remains silent. "I know everything, John, I know about the knife, about your "tour", your escape plan, everything." He continues, "The police told me to get you arrested as soon as they heard, But I just wanted to see how fur you can go. So I managed and placed this mannequin in the couch to check, how fur you would go"

Johnny looks to hand, the knife is still there. "Better than being hanged I guess", he thinks. He runs the knife through his own throat before anyone could reach him. This time, there is blood, and the weird noise too. But he could not hear that off-course.

The uncle runs to him first. He holds the head of his son for the last time. "You stupid", tear falls down from his eyes as he mumbles. "One lousy sorry and I would forgive everything in a second".