Work was a bitch today. That was being kind, thought Macy as
she trudged up the flights of stairs to her apartment unit fourteen floors up. It was actually
horrible beyond description. Earlier this morning, she came in two hours late
because of the cool late January weather and the unforgiving traffic jam along
EDSA. At work, her boss was pressing her about the set quota for the week that
she was nowhere near hitting and it’s already the weekend. Sales were slow.
Most potential customers really don’t buy their practically unknown brand of
expensive appliances. During lunch, her boyfriend brought her a liver stew. She
doesn’t eat liver and was wondering if it was a prank played on her by him. He
did promise to take her home after work which, after three hours of sitting at
a nearby café, did not happen. Apparently, he was stuck in a sudden mandatory
overtime at work and that was when she decided to just go home on her own.
She fumbled for her keys in her bag, which irritated her
because it took longer than expected. Why do keys have to be at the innermost
corners of everything? She just sighed after realizing that her annoyance came
from exhaustion. Murphy’s Law wasn’t too kind on her and it had been a very
long day.
She turned the knob. Did she just imagine that the door was
unlocked or she was just distracted from being tired? She decided she doesn’t
care. There was nothing too valuable inside her apartment aside from those
things she kept in her bag. She threw it on the table by the door, kicked off
her high-heeled shoes (they’re starting to hurt), and headed to the kitchen to
get a glass of water. She noticed the kitchen window was slightly opened and
there was a draft coming in. Or was it going out? It was the post-holiday season, the air is chilly and it
really doesn’t matter how it moves as long as it’s there, a comfort from the
otherwise hot tropical breeze you get most of the year.
She was busy looking at her fridge, thinking of what to have
for dinner that was quick and easy. She didn’t notice a shadow rising up from
behind her past the kitchen counter, slowly moving towards her, whispering dark
words…
Fourteen floors down and three minutes later, Macy was found
with a fractured skull and a bleeding hand holding a shattered drinking glass.
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