My New Murder Memory
by Peter Petkovsek
I took a long sharp knife
And drove it into her back
Again and again … and again
WTF???
Blood on the knife, on my hands, my face …
Or at least I remember it that way now
Jesus Christ
Are you sure u should be telling me this?
Let me explain
U better cuz I won’t be part of a crime
U know the new service they opened
Where they implant a new memory into your brain, and delete old ones?
‘A Fresh Start’? Yeah, it’s the new thing
Ok so apparently I had a really bad childhood
Apparently?
I had those memories erased
Whoa, you went and did it?
I know all about your childhood
DON’T TELL ME!
Um ok. But you’re the one who told me
And it was a fucked up childhood
If you say anything you can retrigger my old memories
I wanted nice new memories ones installed
Playing outside, laughing with parents, that kind of thing
U just changed your whole childhood?
I guess
Damn
Except something must have gone wrong
Because I don’t have ANY childhood memories at all anymore
Nothing??
Just blurs. But I do have a very vivid memory of murdering my wife
WTF? U were never married!
Exactly
Ooh so they gave u the wrong memory?
It’s hard to say … cause it’s my memory now so it feels like I did it
My brain KNOWS that I did it
That’s fucked up man
I can recall every moment
The blood, the screams
You poor thing!
I can’t sleep at all
Can u go back and get it fixed?
I mean, they clearly fucked up in a major way
I’m sure they can fix it for u
I’ll probably do it, but there’s one thing that’s wrong
What’s that
I KNOW the woman
OMG!
How is that possible if it’s a made up memory??
That’s the whole thing
I don’t think it’s made up!!
But that’s how they advertise it!
Think about it – memories must be super difficult to create, very complex
So why spend a ton of money trying to do that
When you can just take them from someone else
Omg
So the whole thing is memory SWAPPING?
I think so
But that means
That the murder actually happened!?
Exactly
Jesus Christ
And you know her??
Yes, she’s my neighbor from across the street
Holy shit
I saw her fighting with her husband a few days ago
OMG so he JUST killed her??
Wow I didn’t think of that … I suppose so
This is creepy … U have to tell the police!
It’s complicated, because it’s MY memory now …
So in some way, I did it
No! Stop thinking like that!
I can’t, it’s installed in me …
OMG
What?
I just looked out the window
And THERE SHE IS!
Who?
The murdered woman. My new memory wife. She’s alive!
Wait what? How is this possible?
So it was a made up memory after all?
There’s something VERY wrong with this
What else do you remember?
In my memory, I glance out of the window after stabbing her
And I see the garbage truck taking away an old sofa from in front of the house
But none of that happened if she’s still there?
I can see the sofa out there right now!
And she’s standing right next to it
But that’s good? Because no one got killed?
Oh NO …
Heather, it’s not a memory
What do you mean?
The garbage truck just turned into our street
Like what you remember??
They didn’t install a memory in me
It’s a PREMONITION
What? Like a prediction?
Or perhaps a plan
Omg …
And she just went back into the house
OMG
He’s about to kill her NOW!!!
Whatever is in my mind, is what he saw his future as!
This is unfucking believable! Call the cops!
Too late for that. I’m running over!
Oh god, be careful!
Also, talk to me!
What’s going on, did you stop him??
Jon?
Omg, I just realized … If you had his plan, that means HE had it deleted …
So he wouldn’t be planning it anymore … Right?
Heather!
Thank God!! What happened?
You were right
He didn’t have the faintest clue
So all is well?
Not exactly …
I kicked their door in and rushed in
So he thought I was a crazy robber
And he stabbed ME
WHAT??? Oh no
Ambulance is on its way
But Heather promise me one thing
I can’t even
If I live or die
You HAVE to make them take the murder memory out of my head
I can’t die with it, or live with it
PROMISE ME! Bcs I’m about to pass out
I promise Jon!
Omg hang in there …
Pls hang in there Jon
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