The Butterfly Killings

“It annoys me that killers go to prison, get out, get given a new identity and carry on with their lives as if nothing has happened……”

What if we don’t…?

My name is Alex Lee, AKA Chris Ullathorne, and this is my diary. I killed a girl when I was just a teenager. I quite rightly went to prison for it and did my time. So surely life will be a cake walk for me now and I can have a whole new life where no-one suspects who I am right?

Guess again.

I can’t even go to the shops without feeling paranoid. Every time someone looks in my direction I wonder why. Maybe they know who I am, maybe they don’t. Every time I speak to someone I have to remember my strict back story in case I slip up. I know deep down that no one would have any time for me if they knew who I was, yet I have to keep producing this lifeless sham of a performance on a daily basis. I suppose this is my punishment.