Before Death...

 

“Hello...?” 

At first, there was silence on the other side. Then...

“Max?... Max... is that you?” 

“Yes..yes... calm down lil’ sis. What’s wrong?” 

“Please come over to my place... it’s urgent. “ 

“Why ? What’s wrong?” 

“Outside my window.... there is an old lady. She has blood all  over her... She is wearing tattered clothes...and she is looking at  me... as if... as if she’s hungry! As if she wants to eat me!...” “What?! Maybe she is hurt. You’re probably imagining things again.“ 

“I don’t know... this whole ambience is creepy... Max, please...  just come to my house. And don’t hang up.” 

“Alright... I’m coming. Try to calm down Reyna, ok?” “She has blood dripping from her mouth... Oh my God! She is  smiling at me. Her teeth... oh her teeth! They are red ! Blood red!” 

“ Reyna calm down... where is your husband? Where is Mike?”

“Gone to the grocery.” 

“So you are all alone in your house, right?” 

“Yes... I’m all alone. I- wait...the lady outside is shaking her head.  As if she’s telling me .... that I’m not alone. Oh Max!” “Reyna ... calm down... I’m on my way.  

Reyna? ....Reyna?.... 

REYNA?!...”

*beep...beep*

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By the time Max reached there, the residence was dark - no lights were on…

Max just stood there...completely confused.

Where did she go?

He rushed towards the door. The hallucinations were growing now too much. Ever since that incident of her husband (he had died due to a car crash) she had gone completely mental. He had only just mentioned Mike - her husband's name - for...he didn't know. The last two months had been literally...

Max switched on the light.

‘Reyna? Reyna? Rey….OH MY GOD!!’

He screamed aloud.

Reyna lay there - in the kitchen - with her right hand gripped firmly on the hilt of a butcher knife - stabbed straight into her chest!

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Main story by: R.Escreva

Edited by: M.Macabre