#WritcoStoryPrompt28
Wide, frightened eyes took in the casual gait of the man walking towards her. Cold beads of sweat broke out across her forehead. It couldn't be him, could it?
It was him! That smirk on his thin lips was too cruel to belong to someone else.
But how could it be? She had killed him years ago!...
with every step he took she would close her eyes as tight as she could hoping she was just imagining what she was seeing. until he brushed right through her whispering in her ear " I'm coming for you". her eyes widened with fright and guilt. "Stephanie?" she could hear her roommate calling her. "stephanie!" she heard her cry louder.
as stephanie came back to reality she looked at her roommate with a glossy blank stare as though she had been blacked out for hours.
"stephanie?!" " are you okay?" she heard once more.
"yeah... I'm fine." stephanie said with a ball in her throat trying to hold back the fear.
"are you sure? you were starting to scare me." Marie said with a concerned look.
"yeah. I think I just need to lay down" stephanie replied.
as she started walking up the stairs to her room she could feel the hairs on the back of her neck still standing like a frightened cat trying to fend off a predator. she couldn't believe what she saw and heard. wondering if it was just a hallucination or If it was real. The next day she woke up feeling as if she hadn't slept all night. probably because she was tossing and turning all night.
she walked to her bathroom that was in her room right in front of her bed. she looked in the mirror
"ugh, I should not be having bags under my eyes at my age." she got dressed and headed to the front door. as she was just about to open the door she heard from the staircase "wait."
"oh god" stephanie rolled her eyes as she turned around.
"hey. I just wanted to check on you. are you okay?" Marie asked...