… the sun sets, I walk back into my small home and prepare for the for the final part of my plan.

The TV hanging from the wall in Jone’s Convenient Convenience Store was tuned to a local news station that Christmas morning. As customers walked around the store, they looked up and watched. The bottom of the screen had words scrolling across, “HOUSE BURNS DOWN, 17 YEAR OLD TEEN DEAD”. The reporter was talking to the family, asking questions, and giving them the sympathy of the public. The image changed to the news studio. “How sad, to have your house burn down on Christmas. After the break, we have a suicide, our mayor’s new plan for parks, and the cause for yesterday’s terrible traffic.”