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Abandoned to Death
A figure appeared in the darkness: in the gleam of the moonlight, it was clear the figure was holding a knife. As she stared the figure never moved. You couldn't see a breath come from it, as it was winter so everyone day or night looked like smokers when they exhaled, even with mandatory masks we had to wear. She giggled to herself, and told herself she was such a nut, she has walked through this alley every night after work. She bravely kept walking, she told herself don't even look just look ahead and keep walking, but the tip of the knife grazed her coat and she screamed. She grabbed her phone already in her hand, activated the flashlight app. Her eyes could not believe the horror. A man with his upper back face slouched over and short petite woman with a covid mask on had sword, a f***ing sword through her chest. It looked as if she was trying to hug him, but as she was snapping photos she could see to small knives were in his kidneys. She called 911. The man looked familiar everyone does when you work at a bar every night for years. The police officer arrived and just calmly walked down to where she stood and just stared at the dead people with a face of observation, but then a "Holy Crap!", suddenly escaped his mouth, which made me jump. He turned to ask, "Ma'am did you see a struggle or anything or was this how you found them?" She quickly answered, "No Sir, this is just how i found them". "Did you touch or remove anything in this area?', "no sir the tip of the sword snagged my coat and it scared me, so i looked and I just called 911." Then he asked "Do you recognize this the man?" She explained how everyone looked somewhat familiar cause of my job around the corner at a bar, he chuckled and from the womans back pocket he slipped a card...