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forced herself to move towards the door.
“It’s ridiculous,” she heard a man’s voice say. “It’s never been like this before.”
Cadence wanted to stay inside and listen to them, but when she looked outside, she found there was no one out there and she pushed her way out the door. At least she would be alone as she briskly walked back to the store where she’d left Jane to try on more clothes.
As the passed by the athletic store, she noticed the boy who was there earlier had gone and she really was the only person still outside. She wasn’t sure if she preferred it that way, and she couldn’t help but check over her shoulder as her feet picked up their pace.
She was only a few feet from the door to the shop where she’d left Jane, but a voice suddenly caught her attention.
“Excuse me?” a soft voice called to her. “Excuse me, miss?”
On instinct, Cadence turned to see who called to her. Even as her brain screamed at her to go inside the store where Jane was waiting, she turned and answered, “Yes?”
It was the teenager from earlier. His comic was nowhere to be seen and his glasses were covered in rain spots.
“Did you see where my mom went?” he asked her as he ran his arm across his nose.
“Sorry,” Cadence said, a little relieved that it wasn’t Andras who had called to her. “I don’t think I’ve seen her. What does she look like?”
“I dunno,” the teen shrugged. He seemed even smaller as Cadence talked to him and she couldn’t help but feel sorry for the kid. She remembered the boys like him in high school; small, nerdy, and forever bullied. “She’s kind of short, has dark hair, I don’t know. I was reading my book and then when I looked up, she was gone.”
“Okay,” Cadence thought. “Do you want to use my phone?”
“Not really,” the kid said. “Can you just come with me and help me look for her? I’m sure she’s worried.”
In her head, a voice was screaming at her to say no. Intuition told her that something was wrong, that she needed to leave the teen on his own to find his mom. Sure, he was small for his age, but he could find his mother on his own. What kid didn’t have a phone anyway?
But there was something about the boy that made her want to help. He was every kid in school she always wanted to stand up for, but never had the confidence to do so. He looked lost and alone and another voice told her she was being paranoid and needed to grow up.
“Okay,” she nodded. “Where did you see her last?”
“This way,” he told her as he moved back towards Starbucks. “Oh,” he said as he stopped. “She parked in the back lot. Maybe she went back to the car to look for me.”
“Maybe,” Cadence nodded. “You good to go check on your own? My friend is waiting for me.”
“Please,” he pleaded. “What if she’d not there?”
“Fine,” Cadence relented. The poor kid was so small and alone. Leaving him would make her the kind of monster she hated. “After you.”
There was a small path that led between two shops towards the small back lot. This one had more cars than the main lot, but there was still no one else around.
“I think this is the employee lot,” Cadence said. “Are you sure your mom parked back here?”
“My mom isn’t here,” the boy said, but something about his voice had changed. Instead of small and meek, it almost sounded like there was gravel in his throat as he spoke.
“I should go,” Cadence said, suddenly wishing she’d listened to the frightened voice in her head. “My friend is probably getting worried.”
“She should be worried,” the boy said, but as Cadence turned to face him again, he wasn’t the same anymore. He was still small, but his back was hunched and his face was pale and gaunt. His teeth were long fangs and his glasses were gone. Without his thick glasses, Cadence could easily see his eyes were that telltale glowing red.
“No,” Cadence muttered as she dropped her coffee in her
“It’s ridiculous,” she heard a man’s voice say. “It’s never been like this before.”
Cadence wanted to stay inside and listen to them, but when she looked outside, she found there was no one out there and she pushed her way out the door. At least she would be alone as she briskly walked back to the store where she’d left Jane to try on more clothes.
As the passed by the athletic store, she noticed the boy who was there earlier had gone and she really was the only person still outside. She wasn’t sure if she preferred it that way, and she couldn’t help but check over her shoulder as her feet picked up their pace.
She was only a few feet from the door to the shop where she’d left Jane, but a voice suddenly caught her attention.
“Excuse me?” a soft voice called to her. “Excuse me, miss?”
On instinct, Cadence turned to see who called to her. Even as her brain screamed at her to go inside the store where Jane was waiting, she turned and answered, “Yes?”
It was the teenager from earlier. His comic was nowhere to be seen and his glasses were covered in rain spots.
“Did you see where my mom went?” he asked her as he ran his arm across his nose.
“Sorry,” Cadence said, a little relieved that it wasn’t Andras who had called to her. “I don’t think I’ve seen her. What does she look like?”
“I dunno,” the teen shrugged. He seemed even smaller as Cadence talked to him and she couldn’t help but feel sorry for the kid. She remembered the boys like him in high school; small, nerdy, and forever bullied. “She’s kind of short, has dark hair, I don’t know. I was reading my book and then when I looked up, she was gone.”
“Okay,” Cadence thought. “Do you want to use my phone?”
“Not really,” the kid said. “Can you just come with me and help me look for her? I’m sure she’s worried.”
In her head, a voice was screaming at her to say no. Intuition told her that something was wrong, that she needed to leave the teen on his own to find his mom. Sure, he was small for his age, but he could find his mother on his own. What kid didn’t have a phone anyway?
But there was something about the boy that made her want to help. He was every kid in school she always wanted to stand up for, but never had the confidence to do so. He looked lost and alone and another voice told her she was being paranoid and needed to grow up.
“Okay,” she nodded. “Where did you see her last?”
“This way,” he told her as he moved back towards Starbucks. “Oh,” he said as he stopped. “She parked in the back lot. Maybe she went back to the car to look for me.”
“Maybe,” Cadence nodded. “You good to go check on your own? My friend is waiting for me.”
“Please,” he pleaded. “What if she’d not there?”
“Fine,” Cadence relented. The poor kid was so small and alone. Leaving him would make her the kind of monster she hated. “After you.”
There was a small path that led between two shops towards the small back lot. This one had more cars than the main lot, but there was still no one else around.
“I think this is the employee lot,” Cadence said. “Are you sure your mom parked back here?”
“My mom isn’t here,” the boy said, but something about his voice had changed. Instead of small and meek, it almost sounded like there was gravel in his throat as he spoke.
“I should go,” Cadence said, suddenly wishing she’d listened to the frightened voice in her head. “My friend is probably getting worried.”
“She should be worried,” the boy said, but as Cadence turned to face him again, he wasn’t the same anymore. He was still small, but his back was hunched and his face was pale and gaunt. His teeth were long fangs and his glasses were gone. Without his thick glasses, Cadence could easily see his eyes were that telltale glowing red.
“No,” Cadence muttered as she dropped her coffee in her
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