Chapter 3

Kim wasn't able to reply because she was still fear struck. Renny had to shake her to reality before she came back to her senses.

"What the heck is wrong with you? Why are you acting like someone who just saw a ghost?" Renny asked.

"I think I just saw an alien, '' she replied, still shaken with fear.

Renny burst into laughter.

"Have you been reading comic books lately?" she said amidst laughter.

" I'm serious Renny" Kim snapped

"You must be kidding me. Aliens don't exist sis. They are nothing but fictions" she mocked.

" I might not be sure of what I just saw but I'm certain something ran across like lightning now" she said as if she was assuring herself than her friend.

Renny held her hand.

"Cheer up sis. It might be your imagination from those movies and books you've been reading. Belief sometimes turns to vision".

Kim knew that there's nothing she could say that would convince her friend that she just saw a person that ran like lightning. She was sure of what she saw and concluded in her heart that she just saw an alien run.

"I don't have time to read books like that, not to talk of seeing a movie. You know my days are controlled and I don't have time for leisures. Even with the little time I have, I'll enjoy sleeping with that or reading my school books" Kim said softly.

There was no single moment she was happy except when she was around Renny and that's just for a few hours. Renny wouldn't even allow her to be moody around her. Well a few times were and that's whenever Tasha finds her to taunt her.

She and Renny parted ways after they promised each other to see each other at the school library the next day. Kim headed to Liza's restaurant. Just as it is, she met a lot of customers and Liza's manager was barking orders at the waiters.

Mrs Penelope was a very hard-working woman. Despite her advancing age, she still manages to run that large restaurant perfectly well. Liza had much luck when the woman applied to help her run her business.

The old woman was one of the reasons Kim hasn't died of stress. She would put up an excuse for Kim so that she would at least take a break from work which Liza whenever she's around does not always like.

Kim rushed into the changing room to get dressed for her job where she won't be paid a dime. She didn't even bother to greet Mrs Penelope knowing fully well that there won't be an answer to her greetings.

As she took orders from a table, she felt a strange aura and she looked to her left and she saw a guy, even though he looked rogue, he was still very handsome. The guy had a distant look which scared her. By the time she wanted to look away, the guy's eyes met with hers and she almost shrivelled with fear. The guy flashed her a smile that didn't reach his eyes at all. One could easily denote that it was a fake smile.

Kim quickly walks to the kitchen to submit the orders she collects. She couldn't get the guy and the strange aura off her mind. Her body was still tingling with the fear that gripped her. She didn't know why she was getting rattled by the poor customer who came to eat but she couldn't help the feelings she was getting.

She felt like calling the police to inform them about the strange guy but then what would she say he had done. He only stopped by to eat.

The feeling didn't leave her even though she tried to occupy her mind with other things. As she walked home that night she was pondering on what she saw today. Liza had made her close so late today because she and her family were going to eat at a nice restaurant, so she didn't have to rush home to cook dinner.

She was glad because it's already time for bed and she wouldn't need to see any of them because they all would have retired to their rooms.

As she walked home, she didn't even notice that the street light wasn't on as usual, she was too busy thinking. At first she saw something move like lightning, later she saw a man with a scary aura. She tried to school herself that stress is getting terribly into her. That all these was nothing but her imagination.

Just as she was about to calm down and focus on her crumbling life, something horrific happened.

It was as if a body fell right from the sky and landed in front of her. She was so shocked that she opened her mouth to scream but a large hand sent back the scream as it covered her mouth. She began to vibrate and tears streamed down her cheek within seconds. She thought her miserable life had finally ended. She doesn't know why she would be the one to always encounter bad happenings.

The body on the ground that she had thought was dead jacked up and she almost screamed but the large hand covering her mouth couldn't let her.

"If you value your life don't even try to talk, talk more of you screaming" The hand that held her mouth spoke in a very husky voice.

She vibrated at the voice but she obeyed since she values her life even if it's a very miserable one.

The guy shoved her to one side and she hit the wall and lost consciousness. But before she blacked out, the street light came on brighter and she saw the face of the hand that held her. She couldn't believe who she saw and she met with his dark eyes before she was out.

Who could it be?