Scary Night ✔

Chap 9 (Counting the numbers)

Luna's POV

I was finishing my last slice of bread when Shawn's phone rings. He answered the call.

"Okay give me a few minutes I gotta do dishes", with that he hung up the phone.

"Brian is coming to pick me up. My friend, remember from the night?", he asked.

When he mentioned that night, I began to feel the same fear I felt back then. This spooky feeling started rising in my stomach. Girls normally have butterflies in their stomachs but I have this horrible feeling.

"I do", I answered, clutching my clothes in my hands.

"I'll leave after washing these", he stood up and started gathering plates.

"Go get ready. I'll do this", I said taking plates from him.

"Are you sure?", why he seemed so unsure? That was the deal. I'll do dishes, cleaning and all chores in return for all this he will let me stay here.

"Yes hundred and ten percent sure now go you're getting late", putting the plates in the dishwasher, I pushed him toward his room and started cleaning up the kitchen.

After a few minutes, he came to the kitchen.

"I'll get going now. We are having a party tonight so don't wait for me at dinner", denim jacket, blue jeans, brown curly hair and that large masculine body, he was looking not less than any model.

"Will you come back tonight?", I asked.

"Of course but might get late", I went a bit worried after hearing that he would be late.

"Don't worry I'll be back soon", he put his sunglasses on and left the condo.

First I did dishes then cleaned the kitchen followed by dusting and vacuum cleaning our rooms. I didn't touch anything in his room. Things were already so aligned there. It didn't take me much time. My heartbeat started rising with the sun setting down the horizon, letting the dark take control all over the place.

It was going to strike nine o'clock and there was no sign of Shawn to be back any soon.

"Shawn!", I whooped when I heard the doorbell.

Excitedly, I walked downstairs. Before I opened the door, I heard two men talking behind the closed door.

"Is this the right address?", one asked.

"Yes the woman gave me this address", the other one replied.

"It has to be or the boss is gonna kill us if we don't complete the task this time", he began to knock at the door.

"Remember what happened last time? We can't repeat the same mistake", my feet were anchored to the ground.

They were the same men who chased me that night. I stood there in trance for a few seconds. Gathering up my all strength, I quietly walked back to my room and fell down on my knees in the corner. Bringing my knees close to my chest, I locked my arms around them and started counting numbers.

"One, two, three", I thought Shawn would come once I reached a hundred.

"Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one, two, three", I kept counting, missing the number hundred because it would kill all my hopes of him coming back to save me once I hit it at not sight of him.