Evil Within

CHAPTER 14

Soon, Peter joined Luna on the table but he frowned when he noticed how tensed she was looking. He held her hand tightly and Luna gasped, she snatched her hands back but relieved to see Peter.

“Hey! What’s wrong? You are sweating badly, though this restaurant is fully air conditioned.” Peter was concerned about her.

“Umm.. nothing! I thought I saw someone but maybe it’s just a hallucination. I think I got tired bearing all this stress for too long.” Luna explained a bit to him.

Peter wasn’t satisfied with her answer but he let go of the topic for later, and served the drink to her.

“Why don’t you take some rest, enjoy your life, not just acting like a puppet to everyone.” he pointed out a statement which baffled Luna, but maintained her calm.

“What do you mean? Can you be more specific?” she c****d her eyebrow at him.

“Umm. I know my words will be harsh and can spoil your mood, but I have seen you are easily dominated by others. Like, that day when your brother showed up and yelled at me. You have to listen whatever he said and then when your friend forced you to go with me, i knew you didn’t like the idea but she forced you and you ended up coming with me.” Peter said.

“So, what exactly do you want to clarify?” Luna was pissed a bit while she sipped her drink from the wine glass.

“Actually, i think you need to step up for yourself. If you are not uncomfortable with something, just speak up. You have a right to. Even today, when those men were teasing you, you had the right to punch them. You are way too strong then being manipulated by anyone, Luna. just because you live alone, you need someone for you to protect you. No! You are strong enough to take care of yourself. All you need is to find you.” Peter said what he wanted to, and Luna was really thinking deeply about this.

All the facts Peter put in front of her were right. She needs to step up, and that is necessary.

“Thanks, I will try to but when I get scared easily, like yesterday, in the morning, the CBI officers arrived at my house, asking for help.” Luna was stammering while telling about this to peter.

“Okay, then?”

“Umm.. they want me to help them to catch the killer.” she said.

“And what did you say?” Peter asked curiously.

“I refused!” said Luna.

“But why?” Peter was dumbfounded.

“Why? What if Lucas finds out, he will be mad at me. He didn’t want me to help the Police as he thinks they are all corrupt.” Luna justified her refusal to the investigators.

“Again! You refused them because your brother didn’t want you to help them. Come on Luna, tell me what exactly you want to do?” Peter asked in a serious voice.

“I want to help them. I can’t bear the stress of going out alone and thinking i am not safe because a killer is out there who will kill me when he gets his chance.” Luna said.

“And who is stopping you?” Peter raised his brows.

“Lucas! My brother.” she said.

“Not like that! He might have his reason but why is he stopping you to do something you really wanted to. I think you should give it a shot. You should help them.” Peter suggested to her.

“Really? What if i got hurt?” She was scared a bit.

“So, what? Are you going to stay in your comfort zone forever? I think this is the perfect opportunity for you to step up for yourself. To do something thrilling, that’s the best feeling. You should really help them.” Peter said straightforwardly.

Luna was touched by Peter’s attitude towards situations. He will act differently and boldly then what she learned from Lucas.

“Thank you, Peter! You know what, no one has ever tried to help me, understand me like you did. I am really lucky to have you as a friend.” she smiled.

“I am lucky as well, but you know what, this food is getting cold, you should finish this before we leave.” he pointed at the food served on the table.

Later, they had a warm conversation about life goals and other trendy topics. Luna was really impressed by Peter's perspective of everything. He was really different and Luna was getting inspired by him.

Peter dropped Luna at her home and left. Luna was happy, glowing actually, and she couldn’t stop thinking about him. No one has ever made her feel like herself before, not even her best friend.

Kyle and his group of friends were coming out from the hookah bar, they spent a great time there and they all were high. After driving through the road, he dropped all of his friends and parked his car near his house. He was too high to drive now, and exit the car to grab some fresh air.

She was muttering some unrecognizable words which meant no sense and kept humming some old songs while walking back to his home. Suddenly, his eyes noticed something. A shadow near the lawn inside the boundaries. He thought it must be because of the weed, so he waved and kept walking inside.

But the figure stood more prominent in the lights and Kyle realized there was a man in his house.

“Hey!!! What are you doing here? You are here to steal? Come one man, i am going to give you a lesson.” Kyle was getting furious and approached the figure.

“What are you staring at? Me? I am your worst nightmare, dude! You will regret this.” Kyle was trying to provoke the figure but the figure stood motionless, like a ghost.

Kyle pushed the figure and she stepped back a little. The face was covered with a mask where Kyle didn’t see anything but this was getting more intense when the figure didn’t reply or move.

“Are you trying to scare me? Look what i am going to do to you.” Kyle was pissed. He found a stranded stick and picked it up really fast, and launched at him.

The shadow moved aside and pulled out a sharp killer knife, and slashed Kyle’s face in one blow. For a second, Kyle was in shock what just happened until he realized a thick red liquid pouring out from the gash wound.

Before he could act, another blow was on his neck, penetrating to the other side of the neck. The killer pulled out the knife after twisting the blade in Kyle’s neck, damaging his vocal cords.

He grabbed Lyle’s right hand and cut the fingers from his hand, one by one, and Kyle could.t screaming for help. He saw how brutally his hand got chopped into pieces. The killer collected the fingers and stuffed them in Kyle’s mouth and left him to die.