I woke up. His face was burned into my eyes for eternity. Killing him was wrong. But he had stolen her from me and she was someone that I needed. We had climbed mountains and seen sunsets. And now she was gone.

I climbed out of bed and saw the alarm clock. It’s dull face read 7:15. Crap! I needed to be at work in fifteen minutes! As I scrambled to take a 30 second shower and start running to work, the mans face was still stuck in my head.

I could see the sun rising above the skyscrapers in the distance. I could see NeoCorp, the huge skyscraper that stood like a tree towering above the grass.

When I got to my office I finally had a moment to breathe. The analog clock on the wall read 7:34. I was barely late. Hope my boss didn’t notice. I turned on my desktop. The sleek monitor turned on. For a second before it was on I thought I saw something. I thought I saw her.

3 minutes later my boss walked into my office.

“Tim. There’s an opening for the position you had wanted earlier. You will now be making $55 an hour compared to the $35 from you previous position. That is if you accept.”

“I’d love to accept. But what about...” I struggled to say his name, the man I had killed,”Henry. Didn’t he get the position?”

My boss frowned,” I don’t know of any Henry’s. Do you want the job or not?”

“Sure sure sir. I’d love it. More money would be awesome!”

“Thank you for accepting. You will have a new office...”

The man trailed off.

After work I passed the cafe where I met her.

She was beautiful.

I loved her.

Being curious I went inside. I looked around looking for her. She had told me she worked all day every weekday. It was Friday so she’d be here. I couldn’t find her as I looked around. I started getting looks from the people seated at small circular tables. A waiter walked toward me and said,” Can I help you?” I replied,” Is Samantha here today?”

“Samantha? I don’t know a Samantha”

And then it dawned on me.

I realized why they were gone.

Last night in my dreams I killed a man.

Because he killed my love.