The Landlady Ending

Alternate ending to “The Landlady”

‘’Why have only two boys been here for a long duration of time’’? Asked young Billy. “Trust me, there have been many, many people here over the years”. Exclaimed the women. “Why have only two signed in then”? “Please dear, won’t you come over here to have a cup of tea with me” Shuttered the old women. “Why If you insist, may we talk about this later though, I am quite curious”. Said Billy Right around that time, Billy heard the most peculiar noise he had ever heard, “What was that” he asked. “It was just the wind, this is a new place that you have never stayed at, it will take you awhile to get used to it”. The landlady said. Young Billy really didn’t think about it much after that, why would he? As
He knew once she found him, he was dead meat. But then, he saw her, she saw him and she jumped at him. He bolten for the door, for he was a little quicker than the little old landlady. He realized the doors were not going to open nor were the windows so in self defence he grabbed a knife and he waited for the landlady to run around the corner, when she did he stabbed her not once, but twice. He was oblivious of the world around him at that very moment for he had just killed a women and let her lie in the very spot she dropped. Right then, he got a phone call, he had no idea who was on the other line. All they said was “ I know what you did, I will get you. It may not be today, it may not be tomorrow but I promise you I will get you no matter what it takes”! At that point, Billy was extremely terrified, what if the mysterious man killed him , or even worse, what if he made him stay in that awful hotel for the rest of his life. Billy thought to himself, what’s worse, staying a prisoner the rest of my life or just ending my life right now? He weighed both of his options, he thought long and hard. After an hour of thinking he decided to take his own life before the odd man who called him could. Young Billy got the very knife he killed the landlady with and he stabbed himself twice. Once in the heart and once in the stomach. The saddest part is no one ever looked for Billy nor the landlady. They still