Dead or alive

The killer had only wanted everything played out like the thrillers he had watched since he was a child...in which he would finally become known through the perspective of his last victim--the one which got away. But this was real life. Dead or alive, no matter what became of them or who they once were, each victim deserved their story to be told. I was his first. Though he tried convincing me I was better off dead, I allowed myself to remain buried where he could trod on me, biding my time until I could seize him by his ankles.