[ WP ] You receive a second chance at something that has haunted you your entire life .

I had him right in front of me - the man who killed my big brother Ryan. I had a gun with a full barrel in my hands. I did not care if I would go to jail for this. The criminal justice system had failed me. They decided that the killer - John Ramsey, had done it as an act of self-defense. My brother would never try to kill someone - he was the nicest person ever. He had raised me on his own, paid for my education, and was more like a father to me. 
 
 Ramsey was sleeping in his bed, unaware of my presence. Tremors flew in my hand as I was about to press the trigger. I did not realize that my aim was so bad that I would miss him, have the gun fly out of my hand, wake him up, have him tie me up and call the cops. I had never done tough-guy things before. 
 
 Twenty-four years in prison, however, had changed me. I went inside an innocent man, and was coming out as a crook. I had learnt all the tricks of the trade. 
 
 I once again found myself facing John Ramsey. The situation was strikingly similar to before - me with a gun in my hand, Ramsey sleeping in his bed, with his back to me. I was n't going to miss it this time. I shot him 24 times. That motherf****** had no right to live after what he had done to my brother. I did not care what happened to me now. After shooting him with all the bullets I had, I just collapsed on the floor, waiting for someone to come and arrest me. 
 
 Curiously, nothing of that sort happened. Instead, out of nowhere, the corpse of John Ramsey had come alive and started speaking to me, `` Why did you this, Tom? I thought we had made it clear - no killing anyone and you get to go the park this week.'' I had no idea what was happening. 
 
 I suddenly felt a jolt of electricity run through my body. John Ramsey's bedroom disappeared. In it's place, was an empty office, with John - neatly dressed and sitting in a chair. I was strapped to what seemed to be an electric chair. `` Listen to me, Tom. You could n't kill your brother's killer, so you started hallucinating with the only face visible to you. You've killed so many innocent people, do n't you remember that, Tom?'' Tears flowed through my eyes when I heard all of this. 
 
 `` I had him once, for real. I wish I only got a second chance. I want to KILL HIM! That monster John Ramsey! ``, I screamed. 
 `` I am John Ramsey, Tom, your doctor. You should n't kill me. It was YOU who killed your brother, Tom. You thought he was the one who killed your girlfriend and you killed him. Do n't you remember?'' 
 
 `` Over the past week I'd almost succeeded in making you a different person. You were supposed to be a guy who wanted to killed, but was clumsy. We could have worked upwards from there, but I failed again.'' 
 
 `` No! You're LYING!'' I screamed as I tried to free myself from that chair to run away from there. I immediately felt a jolt of current run through my body. The last thing I remember was the doctor carrying a big syringe towards me. 
 
 
 

