One More Summoning

Chapter Four

Katerina

It's been two and a half weeks since the first banging on the door at the shop. Ever since that night I've been more on edge. I've had an eerie feeling. The banging on the door has happened a couple more times but every time no one is there. Mia got me pepper spray to carry everywhere with me. Other than the banging nothing else has happened, so I try not to think about it. I'm going to close up early tonight so I'm not here when the banging happens.

I just locked the door and started heading to the counter to finish everything up when someone bangs on the door. I spin around so fast my hair smacks me in the face. I slowly walk to the door to see who it is. It's a delivery man, but I haven't ordered anything since the last shipment of books. I open the door to tell him he must have the wrong place.

"Are you Katerina Smith?"

"Yes, but I haven't ordered anything." I'm so confused. Why is there a package for me, especially just an envelope. I sign for it and thank the man. I lock the door back and just stare at the envelope. What could be in it? Who is it from? Instead of thinking about anything and everything that could be in it I just open it.

My heart stops. I about pass out. I can't breath as I am looking at the pictures inside. They are all of..... me. Coming to work and going home, when Mia and I went shopping, when I went to the grocery store, me sitting on a park bench reading a book, me going into my apartment, and various others. I have a stalker and I didn't even have a clue. Is that who has been banging on the door every now and then? I immediately pull my phone out to call Mia, but I stop myself because I don't want her to be the next person who gets stalked. She's already in the ones walking me home and the few of us shopping.

I put my phone up and go to my office. I put the pictures in the safe in case I need them later. I could call the police but they wouldn't know who it is either, and if we don't know who it is, then they wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

I stay at the shop all night. I didn't get any sleep thinking about everything under the sun about the stalker. Who is it? How long have they been stalking me? Why are they stalking me? On and on, it's all I've thought about. I don't want to open the shop today incase my stalker comes in here and I don't even realize it and serve them a cup of coffee with a smile or hand them the book they couldn't find with a smile and they read to much into it. But if I don't I will have multiple customers unhappy and I can't afford that. Good thing I keep extra clothes and everything I would need in my office to looks presentable.

Ding. My phone dings in my pocket, as I'm getting everything ready to open for the day. I'm going need all the coffee in the world to keep me awake. It's times like this is when I wish I could hire someone, that way I could go home early. When I pull my phone out and see its Mia I instantly feel relief. She messaged yesterday and asked if I had my pepper spray and if I would be okay to walk myself home for one night. Obviously I said yes, I am a grown women, and when I asked her if everything was alright, she said yeah that she had a "sex date with a hottie". I open her message to make sure she's okay. She safe and home and telling me in massive detail about her night. I'm just glad she's safe and sound.