The Angel Amongst us

s neighbor and a few of her friends were still around, dancing, eating, and drinking. It was getting a b

hed Niola towards the back of the house where she sat. "Damn! I've looked everywhere

ola stiffened yawn and lea

ka laughed, " are yo

think so,"

to work tomorrow," Chiamaka

not?" she s

l you up with enough booze, you'll feel better. No one cares if you go to work, I

ing…I just need

ght bab

Niola took a deep breath and looked at the sunset, it was beautiful for a minute there, and she enjoyed the soothing feeling. Suddenly her eyes captured something in the Yard, behind the flowers, She got up and peeked through the bush. Startled she stumbled back almost falling, it was the statue from her studio, but this time every detail was finished, it looked demonic. How did it get here, she picked up her phone and turned on the flashlight, and as she raised the light towards it, the phone went off. Snarl! The statue moved and the eyes popped open.

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there was no sign of anyone. The living room door was wide open and there was shattered

became worr

ining, it was still fresh out of th

her mother was bleeding lifelessly on

was soaked in a pool of her blood, and sh

open her eyes, she squeeze Niola's

this?..." her hand was shaking

or that led to the side of the house. Unable to talk

ose with the back of her bloody hand, got up h

ext compound and the next and the next. "Help!" she screamed at the top

can't do that! You don't belong here." He was dressed in a black cloak and his f

s of people with black cloaks, and the hem of what they wore

ming closer... Suddenly a drop of water fell on her cheek f

smoke. Woooosh! The sky cleared and the sun shined bright like a brand new day, the dead were gone also. She rushed back to the ki

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a

and she could hear her friend's laughter from inside the house. Quickly she rushed

w what to say, she wanted to tell her mom everything she'd been seeing, but she couldn't bring hersel

ove you to

preading her arms toward them. "come on, brin

Chiamaka said dragging Niola along wi

one leaving

grin. "And she's here, she told me she was coming through this route, s

e you

lly wants to meet the unique E

d and shook her head.

ouse reflected on them, she gazed at the wine-silk dress Niola wore that enhanced her slender figure and delicate curve, her dreads were in a bun and s

the day, my able friend...Niola Michaels…it's

more than the letter." She said and they laughed. "Danielle, it's nice to meet you

just a little different seeing her in person without the makeovers. She was nothing compared to Chiamaka, Chiamaka had this huge brown eyes, a round face, and darker skin a

d, It's nice to meet you too….I

ause I don't trust this fish,"

She grinned, then leaned forwa

g a truck and a car, she concentrated on it closely, it wasn't just any car, it was the car right the

aa

said after they hugged If not because she told me to pick her

out the party," Ch

cept I couldn't make

t saw her friend and her cousin die in a car crash, wearing the same cloth

ielle told Chiamaka bringing o

gain. "…I'll come by your studio, Danielle you should come by her studio sometimes,

..upcoming da Vinci." Danielle l

ed for a few seconds thinking of what to

aid. " hurry! Or you'

lway and began pacing back and forth. "Why is all this happening," she said feeling frustrated, biting her nails

o where she paced with a questi

ed the lump in her throat, but she couldn't take it any longer, t

ter like this, she had noticed something off from last night and the flush on her face in the morning was very weird. "N

ard, it's complicated, I feel lik

ng, no matter how complicated it sounds," He

n a haste to leave but I can't let them leave yet mom, I need you

care of that,

t everything she'd been going through, but at the same time, it scared the shit out of her, all these things ha

as back, she sat on the bed and h

e with the back of her ha

e top and doesn't h

he top just like her Mother ha

, her mother uttered not a single word as she kept talking

ere was total silence, but the expression on her m

other picked up her hands in hers and looked deep into her eyes with this

a said softly as she watched her mother lost in her thought. "Please Mom, just tell me

her daughter's cheek, it was quiet again