It was 500 AM as the ever so loud alarm clock awakened...

It was 5:00 AM as the ever so loud alarm clock awakened Max telling him it was time to get ready for work. That machine was both his best friend and his worst enemy as it awakened him from his hellish nightmares only to bring him back to this world where every day was a living hell. He had been having the same nightmare every day since the night he mistakenly killed two innocent women who he thought were the murderers in a case he was working on. At this point in his life Max Hammel was merely a shell of a man, putting on a mask only to keep up appearances in order to make sure that no one bothered him. Every day his conscience ate at him, constantly reminding him of how he left those poor kids without mothers, â€Å"You killed them, you†¦show more content†¦The dream kept repeating itself and every time the woman would become a much more prominent figure in his mind. She seemed to be a sort of beacon of hope that he had been longing for these past two years. His mind as a detective knew that there was something there and he would not stop until he found out what it was. He tried many times to reach her but he failed. He tried until one day he was able to catch up to her and to his surprise he did not wake from his dream. Whenever he would reach the end and the woman was within arm’s reach Max would find himself woken up by either his alarm clock or the ringtone that warned him his boss was calling. When he approached her his senses were awestruck. Her hair was raven-black. It flowed in waves to adorn her porcelain-like skin. Her eyes emerald green eyes seemed to shine on their own. She was the picture of perfection, or in his words, â€Å"imaginary.† â€Å"Are you the one that chases me?† she asked, her voice was rich and elegant but with an edge of power that Max hadn’t noticed until now. Max normally wouldn’t stammer in a situation like this but he couldn’t find what words to say. â€Å"Come to me,† she said, â€Å"why is it you hesitate? Are you afraid? I will free you from your suffering and sever the chains that make you feel guilty because you did not do that on purpose† she added. He thought this might be some kind of trap, that God had finally come to punish