bed I said to myself which I did quickly in the half darkness of the
house which was barely lit by the security lights outside. I felt the
wonderful softness of the velvet bed sheets on my skin and thanked
myself for taking my usual
Soothing warm bath before climbing into bed or I would be hot as a
microwave.
I still failed to fall asleep as curiosity took me over with the thoughts
of mysterious noises outside my window. I lay down for a few hours
before hearing low voices whispering harshly in the distance. The
voices were so hashed I could barely make out anything. So I slid the
curtain half open while peering into the darkness that was thick with
foreboding. There was a thick bush of plants before the fence that
surrounded my house revealing three dark figures.
Oh my God! I could not believe what my eyes were seeing.
The thin wall between me and the outside almost vanished as I was
paralyzed with fear for my own life.
I couldn’t believe today I was actually witnessing the horrible crimes
of this neighborhood at night. I knew of these crime from stories told
to us by neighbors whoever today I was witnessing it with my own
eyes which shook me like nothing ever shook me with fear. My heart
increased its beating and I felt like screaming but could not as I
realized that it would not help anyone. Two of the dark figures were
male who were in charge of terrorizing the innocent female in the
dark.
I could now see below me that the two males were pulling and
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