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‘‘Now, please remember, do not listen to their words, don’t make eye contact and stay close to the guard assigned to you.’’
A woman stepped next to me and gave me a warm smile. She couldn’t have been much older than me, yet she looked so serious and mature. Well, given the nature of her workplace, she had to be both serious and mature. I imagined working with serial killers wasn’t an easy job.
I flinched harshly as soon as we stepped into the facility itself.
On the right side were cells, though they did not resemble the ones I’d seen in movies or in person.
A thick coat of glass instead of bars, with small holes for air supply.
From a small glance, I noticed how tidy the rooms seemed. They had a bed, a desk with a matching chair, toilet, sink and a small shelf.
Everything was made in a way so it was impossible for the inmates to harm themselves, and each room had only one bed.
The inmate from my right side banged loudly against the glass, yelling and screaming. His incoherent words soon became insults, mainly directed towards women that passed by. His sinister laughter followed me.
‘‘Are you feeling okay?’’ the guard asked me, offering a warm smile.
‘‘Yes.’’ I tried returning the gesture, but I was pretty sure it turned out to be a grimace instead. ‘‘I was just caught by surprise.’’
‘‘It’s still not too late for you to change career paths.’’
She said it out of genuine concern, but I couldn’t help but take offense. I’d seen a lot of things. I even did a couple of presentations on some of the most known serial killers all over the world and studied the cases as if I was the person working on them.
However, seeing the killers in person and on screen was entirely different.
It just caught me by surprise, but my desire to become an inspector still remained as solid as it was years ago. Nothing could sway me away, nothing could make me change my mind.
‘‘I know,’’ I replied. ‘‘But I don’t think I can.’’
She didn’t say anything else. We just walked in silence, aside from the detective’s words that seemed never ending. I listened, but each word he spoke made no impact on me, and hence, I didn’t remember most of it. I was writing everything down, but it was the things I found interesting.
A shiver ran down my spine once we came to a stop.
I could feel a pair of eyes burning into the side of my face. I didn’t dare to turn and look — because the sudden wave of fear that had washed over me paralyzed me to the bone. I was barely breathing under the intense stare.
He didn’t speak, nor move. All he did was watch me and the curious side of me fought hard to catch a glimpse of him, to see the face of the man who made me scared, who made my blood run cold.
All I could hear was his harsh breathing mixed with the loud thoughts in my head.
Don’t look.
I couldn’t control the shivers that grew more intense as seconds passed. I couldn’t ignore the pure need to glance his way. I couldn’t ignore the goosebumps that tugged all over my skin, the eyes that made my throat close up.
Don’t look.
Something inside of me snapped. Like a wild animal that was let loose and allowed back into the wild, I couldn’t ignore the urge. Everything inside of me screamed to turn my head to the side, ever so slightly, and look at him.
Don’t look.
My mind went into an overdrive.
Why me?
There were another four women aside from me here, and they were all pretty. I didn’t stand out by any measurements, nor did I try to capture his attention. His eyes never left mine and that intensity was something I’d never forget.
It was like he was hungry and I was the prey he’d been looking for. And he found me.
I looked.
