Love, Death & Lies

Chapter 4

I dug my hands deep into my pockets and occasionally looked behind me, I swear I was being followed,  I started to run and I heard heavy footsteps ran after me and I swore under my breath

“oh shit oh shit oh shit” I kept saying and I turned into an alleyway and skidded to a stop, I came to a dead end, I turned around and saw the person standing there facing me and I backed up until I was up against the wall and he took one threatening step forward and I cringed at what I thought would happen next. I didn’t take my eyes of the slowly moving figure, it was taunting me knowing I had no way to escape he stepped forward slowly one step at a time. I saw another 2 figures appear behind him and the first figure is within an arm’s length away I see him freeze and the blood drains from his face as he falls to the ground. I glance down at his back to see a butcher’s knife handle sticking out from his back. I looked up at the two other men their faces hidden by the darkness “please don’t hurt me” I sobbed and one of the men stepped forward. Then with his gloved hand he wiped away my tears and I blinked at the affectionate touch and as his fingers left my face. They both turned around and I glanced down at the man’s body then back up at the two men but they were gone. I was still shaking in shock at my lucky escape. I heard sirens in the distance and I stepped around the body and ran out of the alleyway and around the corner not stopping. I ran across the strips of road which separated the streets, I kept running until I reached the smell of the salty ocean breeze.

 I slowed down and saw three teenagers around my age leaning against the wall holding bottles of beer and the ground around them was littered with the empty ones. I went over to the road crossing and pressed the button waiting for the blinking man to turn green

“Hey baby, come hang with us” one shouted at me and I rolled my eyes

 “A sexy chick like you shouldn’t be alone on a night like this, bad people might find you and hurt you” another sneered. The blinking man turned green and I started crossing the road vaguely aware of the shouts of the teenagers trying to tell me to stop, I looked to my left and saw the flashing lights of a cop car and I pulled my hood down lower onto my head as I walked faster across the road just stepping onto the other side as the cop car zoomed past blowing my hair across my face with the speed it was going.  

I shivered as I walked towards a beach hut, I glanced at the wooden posts to see if it was the right one and I saw the words Little Angel engraved on the post and I smiled faintly and walked up the stairs and looked at the fading paint. I walked up the old door and unlocked it tightly gripping the handle then turned it, opening the door and stepping inside; I shut the door behind me, turning on the light. I looked around at the beach hut and slid my bag off walking over to my dad’s old comfy chair and curled up closing my eyes almost instantly falling into a deep sleep.