I waited until I was in the middle of my next job, about three hours away, before returning to take care of Derek. When I came across him, he was harassing a girl who couldn't have been more than fourteen years old. I drove by slowly to scare him away from her long enough for her to run. He stared after me until I rounded a corner. I parked about a block down the street. I walked to the corner and used the store windows to figure out where Derek was. He started in my direction. There was an alley right between us. I rounded the corner with the intent of meeting him at the alley. He was a few steps ahead of me, but it wasn't enough to stop me from pushing him into the alley. I threw him into a dumpster. I slammed into him, planting my knee into his chest. I grabbed his head and spun, throwing him further into the alley. He caught his balance and put his hand up, pleading for me to stop. I pulled my dagger and took his hand off.
"Little girls aren't for grown men. How many have you defiled?" I demanded.
"Please man, I won't do it again, I promise," Derek vowed.
"You got that right," I spat.
"I don't want to die. I've got a kid on the way. She's four months pregnant," He tried. I had been keeping in touch with Jessy and she would have told me if Beth was pregnant.
"Really? Is it one of these little girls you've been assaulting?" I inquired.
"No, she's twenty-one. Her name is Lisa. I love her man, but I just can't help myself," Derek begged.
"And now we add cheating to the list," I stated as I pulled my hood back.
Some level of understanding entered Derek's mind as he realized who I was. I watched to fight leave his eyes as he understood why I was punishing him. I could only guess that he accepted his fate, but still, that wasn't good enough. I handcuffed his last hand to a pole, and started the torment. I pulled a hammer out of my back pocket and smashed each of his remaining fingers. Every time he screamed, I gave him a quick tap on his forehead with the hammer. By the time I smashed the fourth finger, he had stopped screaming. I made him drop to his knees as if he was begging for forgiveness. I used the hammer to break all the ribs on his right side, until I knew one went into his lung. As he began gasping for air, I planted the claw from the hammer into his gut. I smiled at him as I pulled my hood back over my head and walked away to let him die alone.