Ruth Cotreiv

Ruth lingered in the doorway just long enough to see for certain what she had been suspecting. Once she had her proof, she turned and shot down the hallway like an arrow to her target which had been placed on the back of the utility room door for emergencies just like this one. She was furious and intended to do harm. This was no ordinary anger either. This was rage that had been building for weeks when she first started seeing the signs. It wasn’t obvious right away. Just a little thing here or there, but she had seen it with her own eyes. Now that she knew the whole story, she could almost smell them doing their dirty business down the hall. Did they think they could just get away with this in her house? Don’t think so! She armed herself and started on her journey stepping ever so softly as not to alert them to her presence. She was always such a gentle soul, but there were some things in this world that she just would not abide. She eased the door open and began to open fire. “Die you pig-fuckers! Die!”, she howled as she unloaded the canister on to the floor of her kitchenette. “There will be no cockroaches in my kitchen as long as I walk this earth!”, she exclaimed and tossed the now empty can of Raid into the garbage. She sighed happily and armed off the bomb that would finish the job as she slipped out her front door to meet Emilia.

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  1. Chad said,

    January 8th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    What a fascinating vignette. Love it.

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