'I will never trust a woman again.' Is what he told himself. A statement he has been telling himself for the past 5 years.
The boy now a man had a heart burning with hatred. He thought by now he would feel just numb but his hatred still burned.
How he wished to go back in time and strangled the girl so that when the cops took him they would have taken him in for actually doing some damage.
He barely touched her and she began wailing.
Despite walking into the night as a free man, he still felt caged.
'I need to escape New York. They are still here.' He thought as he held his trash bag closer to his chest.
A trash bag with all his belongings was given to him by the cops when he got out.
All it had was his clothes from 5 years ago when they had first arrested him and a toothbrush and toothpaste.
There was a sudden movement by the trashcans and he looked in that direction.
There nothing.
'Must have been a cat' He thought to himself.
He bumps into a man who looks at him with anger "Watch it!" Stumbling back he looks at the man that bumps into him and sees two faces on him. The angry man who had said watched it and the shadow man attached to him gave him a look of recognition.
Like as if it knew him.
He shook his head and looked back to the man and the shadow man was gone leaving only the angry man who tsked and walked away and growled "Fcking crack heads"
A wave of paranoia washed over him.
It was like the same shadows he saw on the inmates. Some would have multiple others none.
He thought that he was going crazy in jail that is why he was seeing these shadows but now seeing it outside of jail made him think maybe this wasn't a jail thing.
Was he going crazy?
Is he schizophrenic?
He started to look around the busy street and he began to see flickers of shadow men -people? following some people.
He began to get spooked again and ran towards the alleyway to escape what he was seeing.
After a while of running, he stopped and placed his hands on his knees to catch his breath.
"Sinner"
The audible whisper made him jump and look around but he found nothing.
He decided to move forward when he heard a crash and an alarm blaring.
He took a peek onto the street to find a group of men in ski masks stealing from a store.
He saw a shadow figure standing on the other side of the street watching them. The thing followed the robbers when they took off.
He banged his hand on his head.
Why was he still seeing these things?
He shook his head again.
He needs to focus and get back on track.
Looking into the dumpster he found a sweater and he put it on.
He needed to follow his plan, 'Get out of New York!' He told himself.
He got on a bus with the little money he had, money he had left in the pocket of his jeans 5 years ago.
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Marina
SpiritualAlek has lost everything: his friends, family, reputation, and chances of completing college. Homeless and directionless he lands in Knoxville, Tennessee. Trying to start a new life becomes difficult when he starts seeing shadows/apparitions. At fir...
