As it Unfolds...
He wanted to outrun the car and I let him. He was fully geared up in his all-white tracksuit. I revved up the engine and checked my rear-view mirror. He was gone. I could literally feel my heart pounding against my chest. I heard a thud coming from the kitchen. My mouth turned to sand; I couldn't stand as my legs had turned to jelly. Another THUD! Fear washed over me completely as I stood, stock-still. I finally caught up with him at the butchers' buying meat. 'Hey, I've been waiting a long time.' 'Okay, okay, no need to blow your trumpet. I don't know how you did it but you just beat me only by a couple of minutes.' 'Couple of minutes? I have been waiting for you for the last 200 years!' Somehow I overcame my fear and tiptoed to the kitchen. All the drawers and cupboards were open, yet nothing was missing. Instinctively I looked over to the set of knives and there they stood, all of them, shining coldly in the dark night... All but one. Where wa...