Can't Escape

Strangers

Jordyn's POV

Who the hell was that?

I get an impulse to go and ask her

But I ignore it because it was none of my buisness

I walk over to the cashier putting the shoes on the counter, while the guy scans them

He snatches glances at me while scanning the shoes and starts licking his lips

"Here you go, baby" he tells me handing me 2 bags

I grab them and start to walk out the store, but stop when the cashier calls me over

I walk back to the counter and he smiles handing me a small piece of paper, I'm guessing with his number on it

I take it and give him a small smile

"Call me,we'll go out, and I'll buy you anything you want"

I nod my head and walk out the store, throwing away the piece of paper in the trash can near me

I've seen that dude at school, he was just kissing up on a girl a couple of hours ago. Im not gonna even waste my time

I find Shayla still talking to the guy and it looked like they were having an argument.

Shayla steps closer, pointing a finger in his face and yelling at him

He suddenly grabs her arm and tightly squeezes it

He moves his head to her ear and begins to whisper

Shayla quickly nods and he begins to leaves

I walk up to her confused as fuck

"Who was that, Shay" I ask

"It was nobody" she said lowly to where I couldn't hear her

"What?"

"I said it was NOBODY" she yells annoyed

I would've said something smart, but I realized I shouldn't have been in her business in the first place.

"Sorry, Jesus Christ" I say

"No, I'm sorry I shouldn't have snapped at you, you was trying to help a bitch out".

" Aight, lets go to Forever21"

We finally finished shopping  and walked outside, in front of the mall.

It was already dark outside and it was so cold, I could see my breath

"So I'll see you tomorrow"

"Yeah, and thank you for all this, you a real friend"

"It was nothing"

We hug each other buy and go our separate ways

I began walking home, which was about 8 blocks away

I didn't know why, but I had this feeling in my gut that something was wrong

Momma always told me to always trust my gut because you don't know what could happen in this life

I turn around and see someone behind me with a black sweater on, blue jeans, and with their hand in their pockets

Maybe this person walked this way too

Maybe I'm just paranoid

I make a left and turn around, I see the same guy making a left as well

Nah, now I know something up.

I began to jog

The guy begins to speed walk, trying to catch up

I begin to run now

I run all the way home

I quickly close the door breathing heavily

I peek out the window and I see a dark figure standing outside in front of the house

I grab a butcher knife from the kitchen and opened the door

"Ay, nigga get the fuck off my property before I fucking put holes in your stomach".

He stands there for a few seconds before he leaves without a word

I close the door taking a deep breath, putting the knife away

I could've died

What if he a had a gun or something?

I'm stupid.

Isaiah runs down the wooden stairs wearing socks

Bad mistake

He slips and begins to fall down the stairs

"Somebody call Lifealert, I've fallen and I can't get up!" He says groaning in pain

I start laughing and help him up

He winces as he places his hand on his back.

"I got something to tell you" I tell him

We both walk to the living room, sit down on the couch, and put the TV on

"What's Gucci, Jojo" he asks

"This is serious"

"Alright, what happened?" He said getting a little serious

"There was a guy following me. He came in front of the house and I threatened to stab him and he walked away."

My brother began to clench and unclench his fists

"Calm down,nigga, he ain't coming back here unless he wanna get shanked,don't even worry" I say reassuring him

We start watching the news and they were talking about an escaped prisoner in Detroit

"Yes, an inmate has escaped Detroit's "highly secured" prison, last week on Wednesday night. The inmate is Shawn Williams, who was charged with attempted rape, kidnapping, and use of a deadly weapon. Williams was diagnosed with a  severe bipolar disorder, and has a violent history. Authorities are on the look out for Williams and are asking citizens to report any information on the escaped inmate's whereabouts. Our next story on, an adorable puppy shelter".

"No no no no no, this can't be happening!" I yelled

I began having issues breathing

"This can't be real, they said he was probably never gonna get out" Isaiah said to himself

I began crying

"We moved here to have a new life and all this bullshit starts, what the fuck!" I yell

"God, why me!"

The tears couldn't stop pouring out

Isaiah tried his best to calm me down but it didn't work.

The door opened and Monica and my father came in laughing and smiling

Monica turned her head to me and she stopped laughing

"Oh no, why the fuck you crying now. Always crying for everything. You just a weak bitch". She said

I looked at my father and he didn't do anything about it

He gave her a kiss on the cheek and she walked up to her room.

He turned to me

"What happened?"

"Shawn..Shawn got out of jail" I tell him, with tears streaming down my face

"They let that bitch out!"

"He escaped" said Isaiah, joining the conversation

"Son of bitch!" Dad yelled, punching the wall.

He was so heated, he didn't know what to do. He walked out the house, slamming the door behind him.

What have these people done?!