• rough and tough •
"So what did you do?"
Alex asks when I tell him about the terrifying incident last night. I talk to him on the phone as I draw the curtains to let the morning sun bathe the room.
"I switched on the lights, screaming."
"And then?"
"He was gone."
I can hear Alex rolling his eyes loudly as he heaves a sigh.
"Stop rolling your eyes at me!"
"Dude, that was probably a hallucination or a nightmare. There's no way someone could have managed to run that fast after you switched on the lights."
"I know what I saw, Alex." I insist. "It wasn't a nightmare or a hallucination. There was a man standing in the dark at my door."
"Did your screams wake the others?"
"Yeah." I huff. "Only Peninah heard the screams."
"The blind b***h again."
"Yeah, the twins were deep asleep. I
