Hello
World.
I’m
fine. I got out of the apartment with a
backpack full of essentials before the cops arrived to search the place. I watched carefully from across the street as
they rushed in and banged down the door.
They searched everywhere for me and for Riley but the only living thing
they found in there was Dexter, who I was struggling with the decision on
whether or not I should take him with me.
Before I left with Justine and my things however I decided that it would
be best if he were left there for the police to find and give to my parents to
take care of. Dexter was more of a
typical ferret than Justine. Justine and
I have this weird connection and that’s why she never leaves my side no matter
what.
I didn’t stay long enough for them to come back out of the building. I couldn’t risk any of them spotting me and giving chase. I had more important things to do than sit around in some random psych ward for who knows how long. I got up from where I was sitting and headed down the street. I guessed the first place I could look for Riley would be at work. Maybe someone had seen him in the time I was gone, maybe he was looking for me as well and asked some of his colleagues if they had seen me. I arrived at the building after walking for 30 minutes and before entering I waited across the street and looked for anything that might be suspicious. I was mostly just checking to make sure there weren’t any cops around. After I was satisfied that the building was okay, I walked in the front door and headed to the department where Riley worked. I saw a few familiar faces right off the bat and they recognized me as well. I guess nobody knew that Riley was even supposedly ‘missing’ which reassured me that they wouldn’t think I had been ‘missing’ either. I asked a few of Riley’s work friends if they had seen him at all in the past two weeks and they all told me that Riley had been coming to work up until the 30th of September. I found this strange. So I had been missing until the 2nd, but Riley had been here all along? Nothing was making sense anymore. I thought that Riley was the one missing. I thanked Riley’s friends for the information and walked out of the building. Maybe mom had thought we were both missing because Riley had been too afraid to tell her anything had happened. The other question that popped into my mind was where was he now? As far as I know, no one has seen him since he stopped coming to work. Was he looking for me? Why did he wait so long to start looking for me if that’s the case? So many questions flooded my mind and I was so distracted I bumped into a woman who was getting up from her seat in front of Starbucks. She cursed at me and told me to watch where I was going before storming away in her bright red pumps. I stared after her intently until the people around me began to stare so I kept walking. Justine, who had been asleep in my hood the entire time, had woken up because of the commotion with the woman and started to sniff my ear. A few people who noticed stared at her and me and after a short while I started to notice that one or two of the people were pulling out their phones and they completely turned their direction around to follow me. I tried not to make it obvious that I could see them so they wouldn’t back off. I wanted to hear what they were saying on their phones. We were forced to stop at a crosswalk and the two people stood a little closer to me. One was a man and one was a woman, they turned to each other and were pointing at me and I heard one of them say, “That’s Riley’s sister, the police are looking for both of them right?”
That was enough for me to hear and instead of continuing on the crosswalk I broke through the crowd of people gathered there and booked it down the sidewalk to my left. The man and woman instantly freaked out and started shouting at people to move out of the way. I could tell the woman wasn’t still running after me because she had been dressed in a well fit knee length skirt and some heels. There was no way she was going to be able to follow me. The man however had managed to break through the crowd and was now only a few feet behind me. I kept darting through the people on the sidewalks and knew that I had to lose this guy fast if I didn’t want the police to show up. I made it to the edge of the city and into a neighborhood and took off into one of the yards, jumping the fence that surrounded the backyard and darted across that as well. The man, being in a business suit and spotlessly shined shoes slowed down and tried to find another way around to where I was. I kept going and eventually slowed down to a stop so I could breathe. I looked all around me and didn’t see the man anywhere. I sat down under one of the many tall trees that lined the sidewalks and reached my arm back to my hood to grab Justine. She sniffed my nose curiously, letting me know she was okay. I set her down on the ground and she wandered all around the base of the tree. Just as I managed to get my breathing back to normal a hand reached down and grabbed my jacket sleeve roughly trying to haul me to my feet. It was the business man who was chasing me. I struggled against him and right before he dragged me upright I grabbed one of the large rocks next to me and swung it right into the side of his head hard. He grunted and dropped like a log. I stared at him for a moment before I noticed the blood trickling down the side of his jawline. “Shit.” I cursed. This was going to be a problem. If he was still alive he would tell the cops that I was the one who hit him and then I’d be in big trouble for assaulting this man. I had absolutely no emotion towards the possibility that I may have just killed this man, but all I could think about was how big of a problem it was going to be if anyone found out. I cursed at myself for being this way and leaned down to check and see if he had a pulse. He did not. I sat back on the grass and stared at his body. I hardly noticed Justine crawling from around the base of the tree onto his arm and then his chest to look at me as if to say, “Wow bitch, you fucked up.” Justine then suddenly scurried over to me and buried herself into my lap. I looked up and was startled to see the tall man standing across the street. I stared at him for a moment before I looked around myself to see if there was anyone else around. When I looked back he was closer, so close that I actually jumped back and screamed. These large black arms that looked more like an octopus’ tentacles were flailing around, coming out of the tall man and a few of them reached out as if to grab me so I instinctively put up my arm to shield myself. Then just like that he was gone….and so was the man’s corpse.
I didn’t stay long enough for them to come back out of the building. I couldn’t risk any of them spotting me and giving chase. I had more important things to do than sit around in some random psych ward for who knows how long. I got up from where I was sitting and headed down the street. I guessed the first place I could look for Riley would be at work. Maybe someone had seen him in the time I was gone, maybe he was looking for me as well and asked some of his colleagues if they had seen me. I arrived at the building after walking for 30 minutes and before entering I waited across the street and looked for anything that might be suspicious. I was mostly just checking to make sure there weren’t any cops around. After I was satisfied that the building was okay, I walked in the front door and headed to the department where Riley worked. I saw a few familiar faces right off the bat and they recognized me as well. I guess nobody knew that Riley was even supposedly ‘missing’ which reassured me that they wouldn’t think I had been ‘missing’ either. I asked a few of Riley’s work friends if they had seen him at all in the past two weeks and they all told me that Riley had been coming to work up until the 30th of September. I found this strange. So I had been missing until the 2nd, but Riley had been here all along? Nothing was making sense anymore. I thought that Riley was the one missing. I thanked Riley’s friends for the information and walked out of the building. Maybe mom had thought we were both missing because Riley had been too afraid to tell her anything had happened. The other question that popped into my mind was where was he now? As far as I know, no one has seen him since he stopped coming to work. Was he looking for me? Why did he wait so long to start looking for me if that’s the case? So many questions flooded my mind and I was so distracted I bumped into a woman who was getting up from her seat in front of Starbucks. She cursed at me and told me to watch where I was going before storming away in her bright red pumps. I stared after her intently until the people around me began to stare so I kept walking. Justine, who had been asleep in my hood the entire time, had woken up because of the commotion with the woman and started to sniff my ear. A few people who noticed stared at her and me and after a short while I started to notice that one or two of the people were pulling out their phones and they completely turned their direction around to follow me. I tried not to make it obvious that I could see them so they wouldn’t back off. I wanted to hear what they were saying on their phones. We were forced to stop at a crosswalk and the two people stood a little closer to me. One was a man and one was a woman, they turned to each other and were pointing at me and I heard one of them say, “That’s Riley’s sister, the police are looking for both of them right?”
That was enough for me to hear and instead of continuing on the crosswalk I broke through the crowd of people gathered there and booked it down the sidewalk to my left. The man and woman instantly freaked out and started shouting at people to move out of the way. I could tell the woman wasn’t still running after me because she had been dressed in a well fit knee length skirt and some heels. There was no way she was going to be able to follow me. The man however had managed to break through the crowd and was now only a few feet behind me. I kept darting through the people on the sidewalks and knew that I had to lose this guy fast if I didn’t want the police to show up. I made it to the edge of the city and into a neighborhood and took off into one of the yards, jumping the fence that surrounded the backyard and darted across that as well. The man, being in a business suit and spotlessly shined shoes slowed down and tried to find another way around to where I was. I kept going and eventually slowed down to a stop so I could breathe. I looked all around me and didn’t see the man anywhere. I sat down under one of the many tall trees that lined the sidewalks and reached my arm back to my hood to grab Justine. She sniffed my nose curiously, letting me know she was okay. I set her down on the ground and she wandered all around the base of the tree. Just as I managed to get my breathing back to normal a hand reached down and grabbed my jacket sleeve roughly trying to haul me to my feet. It was the business man who was chasing me. I struggled against him and right before he dragged me upright I grabbed one of the large rocks next to me and swung it right into the side of his head hard. He grunted and dropped like a log. I stared at him for a moment before I noticed the blood trickling down the side of his jawline. “Shit.” I cursed. This was going to be a problem. If he was still alive he would tell the cops that I was the one who hit him and then I’d be in big trouble for assaulting this man. I had absolutely no emotion towards the possibility that I may have just killed this man, but all I could think about was how big of a problem it was going to be if anyone found out. I cursed at myself for being this way and leaned down to check and see if he had a pulse. He did not. I sat back on the grass and stared at his body. I hardly noticed Justine crawling from around the base of the tree onto his arm and then his chest to look at me as if to say, “Wow bitch, you fucked up.” Justine then suddenly scurried over to me and buried herself into my lap. I looked up and was startled to see the tall man standing across the street. I stared at him for a moment before I looked around myself to see if there was anyone else around. When I looked back he was closer, so close that I actually jumped back and screamed. These large black arms that looked more like an octopus’ tentacles were flailing around, coming out of the tall man and a few of them reached out as if to grab me so I instinctively put up my arm to shield myself. Then just like that he was gone….and so was the man’s corpse.
I don’t
remember much of what I did after that.
I’m sitting in a small coffee shop, I won’t say where just in case the
police come looking for me, and I’m currently trying to figure out where I
could continue to look for Riley but so far I’ve got nothing. Nobody else has seen him other than his
co-workers and they have only ever seen him at work.
I will
definitely let you all know if I find anything, or if something else happens.
~Willow
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