The New Era

Ch. 6

Sandra felt its about time for her to resume back to work, having hurriedly requested for her long overdue two weeks leave.

"I've been down enough, time to pick myself up, get everything together, move on and go ahead with my career."

She dress in her pinstripe suit, applied her light make-up of lip gloss and powder, pulled her hair into a ponytail. She looked herself up in the mirror, pleased with her image, she steps out to the waiting cab.

The ride to her office is a short one. When she descend, she looked at the four storey building proudly, the entire wall was made up one way mirror and the reflection of the cloudless sky and the rising sun on it is breathtaking.

She had just been promoted before the tragic incident occurs. She heads for her new office and was welcomed by her secretary.

"Welcome Ma, I am instructed to deliver this to you the moment you arrive." She said handing Sandra a bouquet of flower with a paper attached to it.
It saw the type as the one she received at the beach few weeks back. She flipped the paper and scribbled behind it in a scrawny handwriting is:

"WELCOME BACK SANDZ, ITS ABOUT TIME YOU BOUNCE BACK - SILENT ADMIRER"

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A frightened Halimat was half running half walking as she head for her hostel. She just left the library and was taking the path she always take whenever she come to the library.
Today was different because she was alone as Stephen who is are usual companion is around. He had been the reason she cultivated the habit of visiting the library because that's the only way they can see each other.

Stephen didn't show up today and Halimat had waited for him till the library closed.
"What could be wrong with him? is he sick? He never missed a library session before" Halimat was pulled out of her daydream by the clanging sound of metal.

She looked up to see that she was surrounded by five horrid looking guys. They all held weapons ranging from an axe to machetes and they all tied red bandana to their arm. She looked at them fearfully and chill ran down her spine. She didn't recognize any of them and she knew she is in a quagmire.
Her fear peaked when she saw the person that led them giving her a feral, malicious smile. She pointed a shivering finger at him.

"Y... yo... you are behind this?" She said in a shaky voice.
"What did you want?"

A/N
Looks likes Halimat has gotten herself into trouble.
Can you guess who is leading the guys in red?

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