[ WP ] Everyone is allowed to kill one person in their life . However , you have to fill out a form explaining why this person deserves to be killed and the committee can deny/approve your request as per the rules . You are presenting your form today .

„I plead the Fifth “, the man with the white hat said and laughed. He was sipping from his caffe latte and the girl with the frog face laughed too. I cringed when he said that. People shouldn ’ t joke about these kind of things. 
 
 „Ok, ok, Jane, you got this, “ I said to myself taking a deep breath, „they don ’ t know. No one knows. “ 
 
 My hands were shaking a bit and I think that the couple at the table next to me noticed. The adrenaline, always the adrenaline. Pleading the Fifth. Since the Committee On The Fifth was established some years ago, I have heard that expression countless times and I had laughed as everybody did. So did you, right? The name under which it was created wasn ’ t a stroke of genius: the Committee On Decision Making With Potentially Harmful And Irreversibel Consequences, commonly referred to as Life-or-Death-Committee ( LDC ). But the new Republican President and his following of zealots calling it the Committee On the Fifth Commendment? That ’ s just idiotic. The hearings are secret, the committee meeting is secret and its decision has to be kept a secret, of course. The prospective victim should not see it coming. 
 
 „Have you ever plead it? Tell me honestly! “ the frog faced girl asked the white hat man, barely containing her excitement. Even the couple next to me turned their heads. Ten past twelve. I got up and left the bottle of Coke and the glass on the table. From my perspective, the glass was half full. The presentation of the form went well. It took some time to work out the story about my rape and how I was beaten senseless. Getting all these psychological details right was quite hard but research pays. I rehearsed the performance, too. You see, you can ’ t leave anything to chance, can you? They sure liked the crying, the reluctance and the hesitation. Yeah, they loved the hesitation. You could see how they felt my trauma. But, I don ’ t want to spoil it. So, frog face and white hat would never have guessed that the LDC was holding hearings that day in the building across the café. At fifteen past twelve the verdict on my application would be in. I wasn ’ t sure if they were watching, so I walked in a slow pace breathing heavily, shaking now and then as if I were freezing. Just in case. You can ’ t be too careful. In the building, on the fifth floor, I was escorted to the ‚Decision Room ‘ and to my surprise the couple from the café was sitting there. 
 
 They said, „Ms. Saunders, you don ’ t know how many people lie to us to obtain a license to kill. We believe that you are sincere and that you deserve the right to rectify the wrong that has been done to you. We approve your request to kill the man who attacked you so viciously as soon as you are able to identify him. “ 
 
 Voilà. I told you the glass was half full. I will pick up the approved form from the committee ’ s office and I will send it to you after I received the payment we agreed upon.
