Come Hit Me

To relieve stress, someone started a “Hit Me” game, where people playfully hit each other with props. That really was all it was at first. Someone approached me and asked me to bring her younger brother, who suffered from depression, along to play. She offered me a generous fee, so I agreed. Who knew her brother had a mental illness in addition to depression? The first time we went, I stopped him in time, and someone only suffered minor injuries. The second time, though, he stabbed someone to death. Because of his mental illness, he wasn’t criminally liable, but I was blamed and even fired by my boss.