Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 32

Larissa contemplated for a very long time before finally summoning the courage to call Travis.

Yet, despite having made several calls in a row, Travis never answered.

At night, when Larissa returned home after work, she was stopped by someone at the entrance of Foxtail Garden.

The sky was getting dark, and the figure stood against the light. All Larissa could make out was a skinny figure, her arms outstretched.

It seemed to be a woman.

Before she could cause any accidents, Larissa slammed on the brakes.

Her car stopped about ten feet away from the figure.

Larissa was stunned for about two seconds before she felt her heart rate slow to a normal pace.

When she’d recovered from her shock and looked back to where the figure was standing earlier, there was only dust dancing under the dim, yellowish light. Where had the figure gone?

questioning if what she had seen was nothing but a hallucination when she heard the sound of someone trying to pull her car door open at the passenger’s

The woman shouted

Her pitch was so high that her voice cracked.

door was reflective, but Larissa could not properly discern the woman’s features. Instead, the hazy

this in the middle of the night, she couldn’t help but feel her scalp tingle as her skin crawled

her arms around herself and

ignored her question and kept on shouting, “Open the door! Open the door! Just open

not

her car window as she tried to turn her car keys,

slowly. Taking into consideration the person who was just outside her car, she stepped on the gas

palms repeatedly hitting

door! Open the

sounded like the devil’s chants in her ears. Larissa gritted

to not listen.

she had finally reached the entrance, the guard did not raise the barricade as he usually did.

but to stop the car again.

rolled down the window at the driver’s side halfway, just enough for her to make eye

woman beside your car is not a resident of Foxtail Garden. She tried to force her way in, and we called the police after we failed to reason with her. Don’t worry, the police are on their way. If you could just wait for a moment until

society figures, the security in that area was especially tight. Outsiders who wished to enter either had to use an access card or have a relative or friend who

had no access card and knew no