It begun as an ordinary day, in the ordinary life of an ordinary family. There were three people at the table, the father reading the newspaper, with the young twin girls waiting impatiently for breakfast that was prepared in the kitchen by their mother. The hands of the large, ancient clock on the wall advanced slowly, shoving the passage of time to the girls, who had just learned how to read the analog clocks, and were delighted to share their knowledge with their father.
"Daddy, it is ten to eight!" exclaimed one of the girls.
"No, it is ten to seven," said the other one, correcting her. The father looked up at the device, and sighed.
"No, girls, it is ten past seven," said the man, then turned back to his newspaper, but slammed it down immediately. The girls looked back up at him with a mixture of surprise and fear, not knowing what made their beloved father so angry. But rather than seeing anger on his face, they saw that he, too, was gripped by horror, the look on his face telling them that there was clearly something wrong.
"Oh no... It can not be the time, yet," muttered the man, then felt darkness enveloping him as his now lifeless body fell back into the chair. The young girls screamed in horror as their father's mouth started foaming, their mother immediately leaving everything behind, and shielding the twins' eyes as their father disappeared in a cloud of ash. Hurriedly, she sent the young girls back to their rooms, turning them away from the kitchen, and closing the door behind them, then she picked up the phone to dial 9/11.
"Good morning, madam," said a deep, chilling voice on the other end of the line. The mother froze, as she had not even entered a single number into the phone.
"Who are you?" asked the mother, her voice trembling with fear.
"Madam, if you will look at the display of your phone, you will know whom you are talking to," said the voice. The mother obediently turned her eyes towards the display, and almost screamed when she saw that it was filled with the number six.
"Madam, I regret to inform you, but your husband has failed to fulfill the requirements of the contract, and thus, I had to eliminate him, which puts me into a very, very uncomfortable situation. You see, madam, I have a very delicate question to ask you: You or one of your daughters?"
And that was when the mother collapsed, her mind refusing to accept the truth.