The entrance was right ahead but the figure paused. Did he dare enter into someone's life again? Was this the right thing to do?

Part Two: Him

I cleaned off the dishes and dried them with a rag that almost resembled road kill. Guess a lot of things need replaced in this house...

Ven was in the other room, now on a call with someone, his voice lowered to a whisper yell. I couldn't hear him and honestly didn't want to. It's his business.

After putting the clean dishes away in the cabinets, I learned against the kitchen counter to look out the window. Some dew drops clung to the flowers growing below the window on the soft ground. They were beautiful.

Something rustled in a bush across the yard. It didn't seem to be a person but it was hard to tell. I squinted my eyes to try and place this figure to a name or creature.

It was definitely not human. Possibly a deer or even a big dog. Maybe that lady down the street let her giant freaking dog out again? No...this thing was much bigger.

A giant inky looking paw stepped out from the bush. It seemed to drip some sort of black stuff. It's claws were huge and it's paws didn't look like anything I've seen before. It's skin wasn't only covered in a strange substance but it was hard textured, like bones were fighting to get past the skin.

This appeared to be a humanoid creature. I glanced behind me to see if Ven was still talking on the phone. He was, and was also facing away from me.

I went out the back door and slowly approached the creature. It didn't move, didn't even seem to be breathing. But then it let out a low huffing sound. Was it sick?

My hand reached out almost on its own.
"You okay?"

The creature stared right through me. It's eyes we're pure white but it could in fact see. The feeling of it's...