“Between you, me, and the wall, I don’t know what to do!”
“No, you know exactly what to do! Just keep the secret between us two! It’s all because of him that things have come to this step. You are not wrong, you just did what a typical person will do.”
“But I…I.” The pilot glanced at the body lying on the ground, his head still bleeding, saturating the dark blue carpet until it turned into the color of sanguine. A pungent smell of blood pervaded the room along with a strong sense of restlessness.
“Tick, Tick Tick” The pilot raised his wrist and it was only 12:15 PM.
“There won’t be any people, probably, in the next 30 minutes.”
The pilot took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
“Anyway, just start cleaning this mess, things have already happened, it’s he who degraded your position as a captain for that ridiculous reason, let you undergo all this painful experience, do you really want to be a copilot for another 3 or 4 years whose work could be easily replaced? Don’t you know that our field is no longer that promising? The competition is that fierce!”
“Yes, that’s true. I am already tired of him. But what should I do next? The police are gonna catch me!”
“Just take that international flight leaving in the evening as scheduled, you forgot you are a pilot?”
“How could I pass the customs then? By that time, they will definitely know that one captain of a flying squadron of the airline was killed, won’t they cast doubt on me?”
“No no no, trust me, there is no way that they will find out this in such a short time, board the plane, go through the checklists as usual, take off, fly across the border, and you will be alright.”
“But what if they find out? I will still lose my job…”
Silence, only the ticking of the clock.
The pilot turned his head, expecting to see the other man who was giving out advice the whole time.
But clearly, there is only a faint reflection of himself in the mirror; that man has never existed.