Happy Halloween
It was as dark as night. Not a sound was heard, except the occasional crickets serenading the sleeping humans. She parked her car and got out of it quickly. Twice, she had heard of people being robbed right on that neighbourhood street. Carrying her handbag and laptop bag on one arm, she slammed the car driver's door using her right elbow and walked towards her rented apartment in tight, tense steps. A sudden gust of cold wind blew. Crumpled newspapers and aluminium tin cans rolled across the street in front of her. A dog howled somewhere in one of the backlanes. She felt chilled to the bone and quickened her footsteps. Suddenly, something caught her eye. There was a movement in front of her, hidden among the black shadows. She stopped dead track in her steps. Her heart began thumping in her ears. Trying to stay calm, she peered into the darkness, while reaching for her pepper spray in her handbag. The movement, as in sensing her presence, stopped m...