Maura was upset.
No, not just upset, she was beside herself with rage and annoyance. The party
she'd dreamed of so much had turned into a nightmare. John, who brought her there,
was not just disgusting, his behavior was humiliating, insulting ... She could
not find the right words.
She didn't wait
for John to pay attention to her and just left the party. She ran away. It's
good that she guessed to come by her car. Now she was racing along the empty
highway and dreamed of getting home as soon as possible, going to bed and
forgetting about everything.
Maura sobbed,
sorry for herself. Suddenly she noticed a dark figure on the side of the road
and slowed down. It was a guy dressed in an elegant dark cloak, black-haired and
tanned. He looked like some Hollywood actor, and Maura stopped the car.
“Will you give
me a lift to town?” asked the stranger and smiled dazzlingly. His smile was
simply amazing.
Of course, Maura
did not hesitate and opened the car door. She never gave a ride to strangers,
but this time it did not even occur to her to refuse.
The stranger sat
in the back seat, elegantly straightened his cloak. He asked what time it was,
where was she going so late. It was still far from the city, Maura willingly
answered, the guy turned out to be an excellent conversationalist, he joked a
lot, told interesting stories.
Maura laughed;
she had completely forgotten about the spoiled evening. But suddenly she looked
in the rear-view mirror and it seemed to her that the handsome eyes of the guy
flashed red. She blinked and looked again – no, no red lights, she was mistaken.
But she didn't want to laugh any more.
A chill ran down
her spine: she did not know this man at all, she let him into her car for some
unknown reason. They were alone on the highway, it was already evening, if
something happened ...
The stranger
laughed and it suddenly seemed to her that he had fangs. Maura immediately
remembered all the horror stories about vampires and gripped the steering wheel
tighter. She had to pretend that everything was in order, and get to the city
...
Maura's heart
was beating so hard that she was afraid the stranger would hear it. But it seemed
that he did not notice anything, he was busy in his place, shifting some
things.
Suddenly, some
lights appeared ahead.
“Stop for a
minute, “ asked the stranger.
Maura's hands
almost did not obey her from fear, she slowed down with difficulty.
As soon as the
stranger stepped on the ground, the car jerked forward. He tried to grab the
door, but failed and fell. Maura rushed forward, not looking back, the stranger
ran after the car, shouted, but he could not catch up with it and soon was left
far behind.
Maura took a
deep breath, everything was over, a terrible stranger remained somewhere in the
dark on the road, she was saved.
But soon Maura's
conscience began to torment. Red lights in her eyes, fangs, all this must have been
her inventions. She shouldn’t have watched so many horror films, now a human
being looked like a vampire or zombie to her. Maura was ashamed. She left a
lonely man on the road and even took his things away, she ought to come back
and apologize.
With a sigh,
Maura stopped the car, climbed into the back seat, and finally examined the
thing, left there by the stranger. It was a large knife covered in dried blood.
