Assignment: Russian Roulette at the Kitchen Table
Motivation:
My target, Klara H., was a ruthless gambler who had ruined countless lives by exploiting people’s weaknesses. She reveled in pushing her "friends" into debt, delighting in the power she held over their desperation. A devastated husband, whose wife had taken her life due to Klara’s schemes, contacted me. His request was simple: "Make her understand what it’s like to lose everything." A quick death would not suffice—she needed to suffer, to grasp the true consequences of her actions.
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The Scene:
The atmosphere was deceptively calm. The small kitchen was bathed in warm, muted light—a cruel irony given the icy tension hanging between us. Klara sat across the table, her hands fidgeting nervously. Between us lay the revolver, a polished six-shooter with a single bullet chambered in its cylinder.
"You like to gamble with other people’s lives, Klara," I said quietly, spinning the cylinder with a flick of my wrist. "Tonight,