I was done with checking the cabin, I couldn't see anything inside from the outside, but I knew that if anybody was inside they could see me, so I was careful not to make any noise. I looked around, there was no vehicle around, no sign of human life, the cabin was just like a mini prison of some sort. I knocked on the door, my pulse was as normal as when I was sitting still. I wasn't scared, no, fear was not part of my feeling, although I felt anxious for Mandy, I wanted her to be safe, God knew I did. I stood there after knocking but nobody answered the door, I was as silent as I could be, I didn't hear a sound, just the swooshing of pine trees and the steady beating of wood peckers. I wondered how this place would be at night time. I didn't like the woods very much, for one thing, the smell that the trees gave the air, I didn't like that smell, although I liked to see pictures of woods like this. Nobody had answered the door yet I waited a short while, before I

I woke up, found the bed empty. I brushed my teeth before I went downstairs to find Mandeline. She was cooking, she didn't know I was standing at the door yet, but, it was a sight to behold. It's been a long time since I saw a woman, my own woman in the kitchen.The afternoon went by like silk on an oily surface. I wanted time to slow down for the both of us. The time reached where she insisted that she had to be home. She left her car at my company and she didn't want me to give her a ride. So she left in an Uber, I was as sad as hell but I was looking forward to meeting her at work on Monday. I heard a light tap on the door, it brought me back to the present moment, away from my thoughts. It was Edison.“Good day sir."“Yeah?."“Is there anything you want me to do for you?." He asked me.“No, thank you." It had stopped to rain.I drove home in silence, I didn't notice the world, I was in it but I wasn't part of it. I drove straight to the cafe. Immediat

I woke up to the sound of faint giggles and light kisses.“Hey sleepy head." I heard lightly. I opened my eyes and it was Mandeline, God I didn't know how to hug her. But I did, I hugged her lightly.“Jesus, Mandeline."“I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you, I just came to say thank you."“Why are you apologizing, I'm fucking glad..." I didn't find any other words to say to her. If I wasn't so strong, I would be weeping like a child. “Thank you. For saving me, I was surprised that I woke up alive, I thought that I was dead but I'm here and it's all thanks to you, so, thank you."“I'm glad you're here."“How did you find me?."“I did a little research." Then she laughed a little and she sat on the bed. She crossed her legs in the meditation pose. “Tell me, how did you find me."“I went to work on Monday, I went too early because I wanted to see you, I missed you. Then time just left and you hadn't walked into my office yet, so I went to yours, found your desk empty, you hadn't c

“shame on you Hensley." That was the last word I said. I took my bath and before I went to sleep I layed awake thinking of Darwin and then Alaye. Somehow, life started to seem meaningless. So yes, I fell asleep thinking of how meaningless life was.I woke up and I found Hensley sitting on the couch downstairs. He was eating pancakes. I didn't acknowledge his presence, I just walked past him to go outside, I needed to breathe fresh air. I walked around my small garden, I hardly ever took notice of the flowers, they were onlybthere for decor, and in my honest opinion, they looked too arranged, as if they flowers themselves were fake because of the way they were arranged. I took my mind off the flowers because they had started to make me angry and I placed my mind on the murderer that sat eating pancakes in my living room. I had to be careful around him.I looked at my watch. It was quarter past two. I climbed down from my car and I rang the door bell.Martins pulled open

I was surprised that he knew my name. I walked up to him.“Yes?."" Go on a date with me, would you?.“I was dumbfounded." But it's raining. ““My name is Anderson Cooper." He said. We were driving towards the restaurant. His car was parked just right in front of the diner's door. When I saw it, I understood why he left when I went to get him his chips. He went to bring his car closer so I wouldn't walk in the rain. It left my cheek burning a little as I thought about it.“That's a nice name." I told him. " How did you know my name?. “ I asked him.“ My friends call you Alice. You talk to them, I always wondered why you never talked to me. “" I don't talk to them, I just ask them what they wanted to have. “" Are you always like that?. “ He asked politely, he talked the way rich people talked and I didn't just mean rich, I meant wealthy people. Like those people that have been bred properly, those kind of people that their great-grandparents passed down riches unto them, I