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Continued from Part 3... "The Angelic Woman" Part 4
Talla continued walking up the dirt pathway. Her legs aching slightly now as she neared the top of the hill. She knew now she needed to go left at the fork in the road, that road was paved and she wondered why she even thought to go down this dirt hill anyway. She felt a little safer now as the light of the flashlight gleamed in front of her. It was a large flashlight so it shone fairly bright.
She felt a little woozy thinking it must be because she is not used to walking. It was probably only a little after 8 o'clock. Her favorite T.V. show was just about to start she thought. A comedy about college friends in New York. She realized she was so used to city life that this switch to rural living was completely out of her everyday ordinary that she wondered again why she choose to go out to the middle of nowhere.
A quiet noise seemed to come from the bushes along side of the road.
"What is that?" Talla spoke to herself quietly.
It sounded like a quiet voice with a slight screech. Talla turned her flashlight to her right side, aiming light on the dry bushes that looked more like brush of overgrown plants and flowers. She saw nothing out of the ordinary so she kept walking. She could not tell if it was her nerves acting out anxiously but she felt as if she were dizzy, more like a slight vertigo. She knew her house should only be down the hill in front of her, maybe 10 minutes away.
I must be overtired, if I can just get through this... "Whoa!" Talla's heart nearly jumped up into her throat. She saw a black shadow move in front of the light path as she took a step forward. She began to jog and than ran.
This is too much, I must be tripping. I don't care I am not walking at night like this again. Talla thought to herself as she slowed down and walked quickly. Her heart was still racing she wondered why so fast. Her eyelids felt heavy, then heavier, then...
Talla fell. She did not trip or bump any rock this time. Only, she fell straight onto the ground. Her knees buckled beneath her and her body rolled onto it's side with her cheek falling next hitting the ground.
A shadow emerged and engulfed her body on the ground. Footsteps neared her as she laid, her flashlight gleaming down the hill in front of her.
Back in California, her mother and father lived a nice life in a over-sized five bedroom house. They felt proud that their 19 year old daughter had chosen to try a new life on her own without their help and direction. Her mother worried still though.
"Honey, it's been five days and we only heard from Talla when she got to the house two days ago." Talla's mom, Mary-Lynn declared to her husband Rami.
"We have to give her a chance to grow Mary. We can't be calling her everyday, just because she moved out of state or out of the house for that matter."
"I know your right. I'm going to go start some dinner," Mary-Lynn gave her husband a hug and walked into the kitchen. "It is nice that we have time to ourselves. Rami, do you want to go out after dinner?" She called out from behind the refrigerator door.
"Sure baby. That sounds good. I'd like to see that new movie, Loch Ness."
"Loch Ness? No. How bout a drama instead?"
"Okay." Rami laughed.
Talla's body lie still, her breath slow and her heart still racing. She was asleep, against her will, her body would not move. She could feel within herself a spinning sensation. The light of the flashlight turned off.
Continued in Part 5...
