The Man With a Rubber Band

chapter 2

   A lot happened that night jayson couldnt find his sleep but he knows he needs to rest for tomorrows energy so he did his best to sleep,

   The next morning on the way to work he still walked in the alley way where the crime happened a police officer approached him, good day sir can i ask you something, yes officer, do you always walk here, officer a lot of times in a week but not everyday he said, why officer? nothing much officer as you can see there is a man here he was shot and we also find a bullet  across the alley meaning to say he shot a possible witness but missed it, sorry i was just wondering if you saw somebody, well officer i DIDNT SAW ANYONE LAST NIGHT, but i often walk here but not everyday my condo is near my office so its advisable to walk if i notice anything i will always be glad to help officer, o thank you so much, but can i ask for your name and contact info so we could call you if ever we need a witness sure officer! My name is jayson  and my number is 09665462642 you can call me anytime you need me, when jason turned his back to the police officer his face turned pale again he knew that he should tell the officer what he saw that night but he is also afraid that the killer might kill him if he talks to the police dont know what to do and feeling lost he started walking to his office and on the way gizel saw her

   Goie huy why didn't you stopped by my house last night? you always do when you worked overtime so what happened last night? last night? Jason replied ahhh something came up, and you look weird today i don't know maybe its your tie, really? you like it? its new you know how am i weird again goie?  hmmmm its probably nothing, you know me, i know  you so much with even a slight different in your mood i know already, yeah well  I'm ok thanx for asking goy, gotcha! i was waiting for your eyes to move dude you know when your eyes moved sideways it means that you are fabricating lies, you know that? well did my eyes moved? jay son asked, well yeah a little bit on the right so spit it! spit what? well f you don't tell me i wont give you your coffee! ok! and its a special blend of macchiato you know and specially brewed by your one one and only bff! so? (jayson with a drooling face) ok ok it needs to be private ok 1 0n 1 its serious don't laugh okwew, ok ok gizel replied taking jason not seriously, dang girl im serious dont laugh,but i was not! but you were about to, my coffee pls ill pm you later but will talk at my condo ok? later goy, bye thnx for the coffee whaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh its so hot,! ei you stupid or what? its a coffee its supposed to be hot!, call me later bye tcic hahha. bye. a simple wave of his hands made gizel happy my bestfriend wants to talk 1 on 1, huy this sounds serious, i wonder what would that be, i wonder if he will propose to me, or or (kilig much) gizel huy! come back to work now? there is a lot of customers you know, ok mam im just having my moment coming boss, gizel worked with a smile on her face minding her own business when suddenly aproached by teytey a young boatful kid with a very beautiful car, hey gizel want to go for a ride on my new car? oh tey your car is really nice is it new? dont have work? no im rich very rich gizel if you became my wife i will treat you like a queen and live like a queen i promise, really tey? then gizel with a soft voice said "mamatey ka na gago di ako papatol xeo" whats that gizel? tey asked, then gizel answered, no nothing i said i need to work now and your new car is blocking our driveway can we both go on with our lives now tey? its a simple sentence given by gizel  but it has a different effect on tey, ok gizel move it for you, ill see you tonight ei lets cruise my new car ei, oh im sorry tey, i already made plans for tonight you know jayson right? yeah that guy? wait you are choosing that guy over me? but im rich? are you thinking strait gizel that bff of yours, Jason? he is a looser why hangout with that guy? yeah you have a point that guy is a looser but you see tey tonight he wont be my bff anymore, ah thats good i thought you already lost it gizel because tomorrow ill call him bf not bff? so i guess i want to be the looser also, bye ill work now tey your car move it my boss will get mad at me ok will do gizel suit yourself gizel! then tey drove kinda mad but fine,

   Tzzzztzzzzz tzzzz jasons alarm went off , time to go while cleaning his desk jason couldn't take away the words he said to the officer but he really wanted to cooperate with the investigation but he held back for his safety, kept on thinking if he did the right thing he was truely bothered by the incident he cant focus on his work, on his way out of the office he noticed a guy cloaked in black that vanished at the end of the hallway, he doesn't get scared easily he just look at it once then eh, whos that? then calmly enters the elevator and before the elevator closes again, saw it but barely saw it because the elevator is about to close, what did i saw, jason asked himself creepy weird, that was the first encounter of the black man his hair raised feeling discomfort of  the situation everything feels weird at that moment but everything changes when the elevator door starts to open everything is in slow motion the movement of the hair, the fragrance in the surroundings when, GOY!! it was his bestfriend gizel waiting at the elevetor i was about to fech you upstairs, i went out early you know, you said about something special to tell me ayt? oh yeah about that, its like this lets go home first ok?  the two head on home for some chitchat.