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Chapter 2 {the unlucky night}
Catherine was on her way to school. Kenny was not there and it was strange, She saw the guy whom she saw the other day.
He was talking to some other men. His face was stiff and
without expression as it had been that day.
He looked at her, deep into her
eyes. His dark blue eyes locked hers. Catherine stopped. The strange
person walked towards her and Catherine could not think of anything but run and
she ran.
She tripped over something and……..
“Aaargh….” She
woke up. She was breathing heavily and her palms were all sweaty. She looked
around and got to her senses.
It was a silent night except for the hooting of
an owl nearby. A cold breeze blew over
her dark brown hair through the open window. She had one of those strange
dreams, again.
She went to the kitchen and had a glass of water. Got
back onto her bed, she pulled her covers. She felt relieved that her mom didn’t
hear her or her mom would have been so tensed.
Catherine couldn’t sleep. She turned and turned and somewhat near dawn, she slept.
The next morning she went to school as usual, met up with
Kenny and later Ashley just outside the school.
“Where are you going Ashley?” Asked Cath
“Oh, just want to help mom”.
“As an assistant counsellor?” asked Catherine
“Yeah Cath, I forgot”. Hey Sean!
He was one among the people she saw that day and the guy
at her dream today. But today he had a pleasant smile which made Catherine more
nervous.
“Cath, this is my cousin Sean, on my father’s side and Sean
, this is Catherine my cousin, on my mother’s side”.
Sean held out his hand.
Reluctantly she shook it...
She wanted to ask him a question. Finally she took courage
and asked
“Didn’t I see you near Mrs. Percy’s house on Monday?”
“No”.
“Okay”. She said still feeling a bit strange.
“And Cath, aren’t you having practice today?” asked Kenny
“Yep, I had totally forgotten it.
Thanks Kenny”.
As she turned, she felt that Ashley and
Kenny were discussing something.
She shook her head and went to practice.
After practice, walking home, she simply felt there is something going to be
wrong.
She went to the library and the librarian Lucy welcomed her warmly.
“Hey, Catherine not seen you for a
while, go on pick a book”.
She went to the nearest cupboard. There were many
books that she had not read. She picked a book went to Lucy to register it.
“Having
strange dreams huh?” the cover of the book said “dreams causes, reasons and
meanings”.
She reached home, feeling tired, went to bed early that night. She was having a sound sleep after a long time.
Woken up by certain sounds she walked towards the window.
It sounded as the bang of a gun.
She looked around, the noise was from
Mrs. Tweet’s house she saw somebody standing there. It was only now, that she realized, the man was Sean.
She heard Mrs. Tweets scream and Sean! ... He killed her... and fled. By then Catherine felt that Sean had looked at her, his eyes cold and cruel, and Catherine collapsed.
(To be continued ...)
