The Mysterious Man

         The mysterious man 

                BY KING MALDONADO 

I was always a night owl. I could never go to sleep at night so I chose to go on nightly walks. But ever since that night, I always stayed inside when the sun went to hide.

One night I was going on my nightly walk as usual, As I walked I turned the corner to see a random man dancing. I decided to keep walking and ignore him but something was off. He was dancing and swaying his hips in the middle of the road at four in the morning like a drunk person. I assumed he was drunk or homeless but I admit it was quite tedious so I crossed the street to gain distance from him. 

When I crossed. I turned back to see him standing still just staring at me. It was dark but I could still see some of his features. He had disheveled hair, messy ripped up clothes with black shoes. While he stared at me I stared back but eventually I gave up and walked away. When I heard fast footsteps behind me. I whipped around to see the same man running towards me at full speed. I turned back around and ran as fast as I could. I turned my head to look to see nobody there. I felt as if something was terribly wrong. I started walking faster and faster until I reached a busy road. I walked home making sure to be wary about my surroundings making sure nobody followed me back home. When I reached my small apartment I closed the door and went on with my night until I heard a knock on the door. It was a pizza man so I opened the door.

Only to realize … I didn’t order pizza.