A Light in a World of Darkness
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Chapter 15
Beauty and Pain
On A River In India
Meanwhile, in the eastern part of Indian, (between Bangladesh and Tibet) were two lovers walking down a walkway that takes you right by some waterfalls, flowers, and other rare beauty that is not seen in the United States. The two lovers were a local politician and his mistress. Halfway down the walkway with the waterfalls they stopped and kissed. Then they continued walking until the path ended and went to an area with flowers. The man ripped the flower from the ground. Took the stem off and put the rest of the flower in his mistresses’ hair. “I wonder what your wife would say if she found out we were doing this together,” the woman said. “She would probably cut my nuts off,” the politician replied. “Do not worry. We will never get caught,” the mistress replied. Then they went to a local hotel for some afternoon fun.
When they woke up the next day Michael, Karina, and the rest of the group went out to the local market and bought some food, ate, and headed to Haridwar to tour the Hindu Holy places and see an Atari performed, but first they decided to go to New Delhi to tour the city club, dine, and have a good time for that afternoon and night.
Back in eastern India in the region of Assam the politician hooked up again with his mistress that night near a little village. The village was a nice get away spot for lovers because it was secluded and along a river so it was the perfect area because some of the houses there were a quarter to a mile or even farther away from the village. This makes the place the perfect spot to have an affair. However, this does have its disadvantages to, like not having clean drinking water at some of the houses, or many hospitals, and police nearby.
After the politician and his mistress got done trying some new sex positions, they turned the lights out and went to sleep around 1:00 AM. About an hour later they were woken up by some noise from outside in the bushes. The politician got up and walked outside with a shotgun. Then kept walking towards the bushes where the loud roars were coming from.
Out of the bushes came two Jaguars tearing a deer in half while fighting over their fresh kill. One of them chased the other away. Needing to eat the one that did not have any food turned his attention towards the politician. Then the jaguar slowly started to creep towards the politician and got into a pouncing position. At this point the politician had enough and shot the jaguar in between the eyes.
Walking back towards the house with the gun in his hand he thought to himself, “Hopefully the other Jaguar is hungry enough to eat for two because I am not going to deal with the carcass till the morning. Maybe he or she will drag the carcass off and I will not have to deal with it.” After he stepped back on the porch he saw some more movement in the bushes off in another direction from the Jaguars so he went to investigate. As he walked towards the bush he was hit by a dart with a hallucinogen in it. Then he started to hallucinate that the jaguar was trying to eat him instead of the carcass. Finally, he passed out.
Waking up the next morning he noticed he was tied to a chair. A man in a black jumpsuit with gloves and a mask covering his face started to talk to him with a voice modulation device on. “So you thought you could get away with your greedy little money making scheme, didn’t you? Well now you’re going to pay. See you thought you could make money off the local companies by passing new environmental laws then paying off the inspectors to say the companies broke them. Then you even had one of the soft drink companies sabotaged by paying one of their employees to pour lighter fluid into some of their drinks because you own stock in another soft drink company,” said the man in the black jumpsuit.
“Finally, one day the company got sued because one of the employees got a swig of it in their stomach burning their esophagus causing that employee major problems with their stomach that will last for the rest of their life. Do not worry though I work for companies fixing problems like this. First, they catch you through your paper trail or a trap. Then we take care of you whichever way the company sees fit. In this case taking you to court would not work for the company because you are part of the government which means you will be able to work your way out of it. So guess which way we picked to deal with you,” continued the politician? “Oh no,” the politician said! “Oh yes, the masked man replied with a smile!”
After a short pause the masked man started laughing and said, “By the way where’s your mistress?” “What mistress,” the politician replied? “Did you think a girl that fine would be that easy to get and keep without you spending tons of money while showing off your power to her? Don’t be a fool she is just some local prostitute we paid to sleep with you and spy on you to lure you out here so I could make the kill. What did you think you were that good looking,” the masked man said then started to laugh again?
When the man in the mask was done laughing he said, “Now for dramatic affect and for my amusement I have decided to cut your nuts off and drag the dead carcass of the other jaguar in here so the living one will eat you.” “Please I will pay you and give you some stock in a company so you will have disposable income,” the politician said crying. “Do not worry. I already have money and power. I can also take the jobs I want and I like getting rid of idiots like you who ruin the world,” said the man in the mask. “The government will find you,” the man in the chair said crying hysterically. In reply the hired hit man said, “Oh that is already covered. First off, there is going to be no evidence that they can get hold of they will think it is a cat that ate your manhood, which it will then it will have you for desert.” Oh and by the way. If I have money and power what makes you think I do not already have clients in government,” the hit man said covering the man’s mouth with his hand so he could not scream.
A couple minutes later the masked man opened the front door walked over towards where the cat was finishing up the deer carcass and dragged the other jaguar’s body into the house dropping the body of the cat at the castrated man’s feet then he took the man’s gag out of his mouth to hear him scream. Looking up and down the blood trail towards the door to see the jaguar was done with the other carcass and liking its lips. “Well looks like kitty is hungry I am going to go out the back door. I just did my good deed to help keep the habitat of this area stable by feeding kitty so I am just going out the back to let the kitty have dinner in peace,” said the masked man. Then he ran out the back door. About ten yards out the back door he started to hear the screams and laughed until he heard the chopper come to pick him up in a nearby field.
Once the unmarked chopper got there the hit man jumped in and buckled up. The chopper took off. “The pilot handed him a detonator saying, “You want to do the honors?” “Yes,” he replied. Then the hit man said then hit the detonator.
Suddenly, downstream from where they were a dam blew up flooding the valley and the crime scene with it.
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On January 1, 2015, twenty-seven-year-old Michael Essential and twenty-four-year-old Karina Foster say tie the knot in a reception hall in western Maryland. For Michael, it’s a turnaround of his life, a life that has had more downs than ups.
It’s at this wedding Deseray, a beautiful friend of the bride, meets a caterer named Paul, a friend of the groom. Just as their relationship begins, however, Paul is murdered in an alley in a sleepy town in Pennsylvania. Deseray survives—but goes on to experience violent nightmares of the evening of Paul’s murder that leave her unable move on with her life. Worse, the detective working on the case has no evidence, and the murder goes unsolved while other crimes pile up in this quiet city.
Meanwhile, in Italy, a serial killer starts a spree that extends across continents. Intelligent and creative, the perpetrator hopes to change society by committing murders in beautiful and notable places around the world.
A globe-trotting mystery novel, A Light in a World of Darkness follows a long trail of murder and mayhem.
About the Author
Paul Gardiner earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Bloomsburg University. He is now in his last year of Devry University’s Kellar School of Business obtaining a master’s degree in human resources with a concentration in general management. He currently lives in North Carolina.