Run!

Chapter 3-Scream!

They took me home. I open my phone, and I have two messages. I open the first and its from my mom. They wanted me to know that they are at the Johnsons' house for dinner, and then they would go in a bar to have a drink. They let me know that they are going to be late. I leave my phone on the bed, and I am going to change. I put on my PJ's, and I went downstairs to drink some water. I never used to drink a lot of water, so I set a goal. To hydrate more often. I walk the stairs, and then I walk down the hall.

I think I'm going crazy. That sound again.

Cecilia, you are just imagining it!

No the sound is real!

The voices in my head.

But what if the sound is real? Is this happening again?

No. No. My imagination just likes to go wild lately.

I took a glass and went to the fridge to take a bottle of cold water. I put some water in my glass and I'm just standing in front of the counter. Just drinking water. Some tears started falling in my cheeks. Fuck you Calvin! I can't stand this anymore.

Gunshots. I can hear gunshots. The sound is too loud. I cannot hear anything but gunshots.

"Calvin! Calvin where are you? Are you ok?"

"Cecilia don't come in! Stay out and just leave the house! Now! You don't have time just leave the house and don't come back for me!"

"What the hell Calvin?! Someone is coming in the house! Just get out of the freaking bathroom so we can leave right now!"

Gunshots again.

"Cecilia listen to me! He is here and I can't save my ass now it's too late! Just leave he will kill you!"

The third gunshot.

I heard a weird sound. The bathroom door is broken and Calvin is lying on the cold floor.

Blood. Blood everywhere.

"Cecilia. I- I love you."

"Calvin don't you dare close your eyes! Do you hear me?"

His eyes are open but they are closing slowly.

"Calvin you are gonna be okay! Don't leave me baby please!"

"Where did he go?" I hear Calvin saying slowly. He can't even speak...

The ambulance is here. Thank God..

"Shh baby the ambulance is here! You are going to be okay. The freak is gone."

I got close to his ears, and whispered: "Baby I know it's not the right time for this, but if the police ask you who did this, don't say anything about him. Just tell them that there was a thief in your house. Because if he finds out that we told anyone about him, he I going to kill all of us right that moment. And we won't even know who he is and why he is doing this."

"Yes baby. I love you."

And he passed out.

Thank God the ambulance is here.

"I love you too Calvin."

Why can't I just forget about all of this? It hurts so much. Recalling that Calvin almost died in front of my eyes that night. I feel like I have to scream, or he will come back.

"Scream Cecilia! No one will hear you." He is laughing in my ear. How do people like him live and sleep at nights? Knowing that they have taken so many lives away?

Damn it Cecilia! Shut up and erase those memories from your brain!

The voices in my head again. I am going crazy.

My phone is ringing. David is calling me. I pick up immediately. Thank God I needed someone right now.

"David!"

"Hey."

"Are you okay?"

"No Cecilia. Please come here. I need someone to be with me right now."

"Why what happened?"

All of this sounds like a trap. What if he is back and he is at David's? And if he is there and he is threatening him?

"Nothing I just don't wanna be alone right now. My parents are at the Johnson's with your parents and the others' families. And I just keep recalling all the shit that happened in my house this year. I need to talk to someone, since we can never talk about it with someone who can find this son of a bitch. We need to go to the police Cecilia. Before he comes back. Because if he comes back, we won't be able to do anything to help ourselves."

"Please don't ever say that again. He will never come back again. He might even be dead."

"Oh please! Did he seem dead to you the night that he was about to kill us all?"

"No but-"

"But nothing Cecilia. You are the first person that I am going to say this, so hear me out. I think that I heard him today. When we were at the beach."

"No."

"What is it Cecilia?"

"David it's happening again. Damn it! David I heard it too! Oh my God I thought that it was my imagination that's why I didn't say anything to you guys. Oh my God what are we going to do? He will kill us! WE are not going to get away for the second time! We won't be so lucky this time!"

"Cecilia calm down! Don't you get it?"

"Get what David? What did we ever do to deserve this? Tell me!"

"Cecilia I don't know, okay? I don't know! But I am not going to stay here and deal with a fucking killer again! You are moving tomorrow morning. And I will move too. I am not going to stay in this freaking city to get killed by a freak that I don't even know! Now call Katherine and Ofelia and I'll call the boys. Come over my house okay?"

"Okay..."

Don't scream Cecilia. Don't scream. He will hear you.