Chapter 3- the dark alley

THREE

“Streetlights flickering”. Dead calm alley. Where no one was

in sight. Soft breezes of wind. Which would send chills down one’s spine if

they were to walk down the dark and apprehensive ally.

A woman in her early 20’s, walk with her headphones on. Not paying

any attention to her surroundings. As she slowly woke down on the road into

the dark. She felt someone following her. Her heart started to beat faster, and

faster. Her pace of walking also increased.

The feeling of being followed was haunting her.

“Phone rings”

With her hands trembling, she picked up her phone. “Where are

you?! Why haven’t you returned home yet? It's almost half past midnight. Haven’t

I told you enough times that there have been some suspicious deaths occurring around

here.” The person behind the phone lectured.

“I. . . . . I think that someone is following me. . . . , don’t

hang up. It’s all your fault. Your nagging has made me really believe that someone-”

Before she could continue,

Someone put a cloth on her mouth and held her hands tight. She

was struggling to loosen the strong grip by the person who was holding her from

behind.  He was wearing a black hoodie

and had a mask and gloves on.

She felt like it was the end for her. She was ready to take

her last breath as she could no longer stay awake. She fainted in the arms of

the black hooded man.

He had a smirk on his

face as his prey had been caught. But due to his one miscalculation. He was almost

caught. He left her stranded on the dark alley. The neighbourhood watchman heard

a thud sound, the sound of her falling on the ground. And was in time to rescue

her.

The black hooded man ran as he realized he would otherwise

get caught.

“Hello? Jenny? I can’t hear you.” The voice behind the phone

started to sound with worry and panic as he continued to speak.

The watchman took her

phone and explained what had happened. The person behind the phone rushed to

see her, as she was immediately taken to the closet hospital.

The woman was admitted to the hospital and was unconscious for

a good while.

When she works up, she sees her brother sitting beside her. Looking

worried sick. “Are you still going to complain about my nagging, jenny?” said

her brother in a sarcastic tone.

“I know. . .  But is

Is it really the time to be sarcastic? Did you tell mom and Dad what happened by

any chance?”

Her brother shook his head and said “Do you think I would. Dad

just got out of his cardiac surgery. I know what happened should be explained to

them but I couldn’t bring myself from giving them more stress”

“No, you did the right thing. Let’s keep what happened last

night a secret between us. For now.” Jenny said with a worried look.

A few days passed, and jenny was still in shock and traumatized by

the incident happened in the dark alley.

Jenny was taking extra precautions while going out and would

always triple check to see if the doors were locked or not. But one night, she

left her window open on the second floor and was looking at the street. Everything

was normal, but. The black hooded man saw her. And with the fear of being

exposed, he took the opportunity and climbed into her apartment.

He took a rope and choked her. This time, she couldn’t

survive his attacks and was brutally murdered.

To hide the fact she was murdered the black hooded man took

her and created a scene that looked like the victim had suicided.

Her brother went to buy some convenient store food and when

he returned, she was killed in their own apartment. Police and detectives

arrived at the scene and thoroughly inspected the scene. They assumed that she

suicided as there were no traces of harm on her body could be seen.

The news spread across the neighbourhood. And everyone was

startled. But her brother and jenny had reported before her death about the

accident happened on the dark alley. And was brought to attention after a few

days of investigation. Jenny’s brother knew that she would not take her own

life as she had her career planed ahead of her. And she had worked so much on

it. But the lack of evidence that it could’ve been a murder and not a suicide was

very slim.

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