After Dark ~✔

Chapter 4

Well, my subconscious self had been right. It seems she knows me more than I know myself.

You must be thinking what could have gone wrong. Plenty did.

I am starting to think that maybe, just maybe Liza was right.

Nobody would want me to work for him and even if they let me I was going to ruin it like I ruined this one.

They had given me the job and I was wearing my uniform and helping Katherine throughout the day.

It was just 30 minutes before closing time when Katherine asked me to do my first job alone.

She asked me to kill a chicken.

As simple as the job was I fucked up.

I had put the knife on the chicken's neck and slaughtered it forgetting to cut whatever still keeps it alive.

Then I went to cupboard area to change my clothes.

Coming out I heard some noises. It sounded like people running about and shouting.

What first came to my mind was that there was an attack by an assassin sent to kill the senator so I picked a knife and slowly made my way outside the kitchen.

Just as I suspected people were running about, but not trying to run away from something.

Trying to catch something.

What could it be?

I spotted a girl of about my age standing on the chair and screaming her lungs out.

Maybe the senator's daughter.

Finally I caught sight of the thing they were all chasing and it turned out to be the chicken I killed.

Well, almost killed.

If I had killed it I don't think it'd be running around like that except if it was possessed.

By then the men had caught it and the senator had come out after hearing the commotion.

'Who set the chicken loose?'. He shouted. I thought of running now that I still had the chance to live but thought better of it.

I looked at the wicked looking bodyguards around the senator and swallowed.

The girl made her way towards the senator and clung to him. Probably scared of another chicken sent to assassinate her.

So childish.

Shut up! Now's not the time to talk

Whatever.

'Who? Don't let me repeat myself'.

My hands flew up. I had to look up to confirm it's my hand because my head had started spinning.

The girl had to point at my direction before her dad could see my hands.

Probably because he wasn't with his glasses.

Did he even use glasses?

How was I supposed to know.

Anyways when his gaze met mine he glared at me icily. Probably expecting me to freeze under his gaze but when I did nothing like that he finally gave up and motioned for me to come closer.

My legs started to move forward even Maya was screaming at me to turn and run away.

I finally stepped in front of him.

'So, you intentionally set the chicken loose to scare my baby huh?'.

Baby?

What is this old man talking about, who is his--