15 A MIDNIGHT SWIM
by Mike Lord
Bang!
The kitchen window just in front of me shattered as I walked along the path. I saw two indistinct figures standing in the kitchen and one had a gun. They wore some sort of uniform.
I didn’t think they had seen me in the dusk, but I instinctively turned and ran back to the garden shed that I had just come from. It’s amazing how much adrenaline a single shot can induce, and I realised that my heart was pumping frantically. I took a deep breath.
Who were they?
Why did they want me?
The garden shed has a door to the road outside and I let myself out cautiously. There were two more men standing just outside the front door near a parked car, and they had also heard the shot. Fortunately, they were paying attention to where the shot had come from
