Shadow of Yesterday

lonely nights. She often wondered if his nights were as lonely as hers. He could always pick someone up on his way to the hotel to give him company. She shook off the thought. The man she loved

e hadn't responded. She went to the kitchen to fix herself something but realized that she was in no mood f

d her counter and greeted Jessica back. The light in the president's room was on. It was odd for Wheatley to be at the bank that early. He was probably dozing off or watching movies at his desk. As soon as the clock ticked at nine o'clock, Carlos flipped the sign at the door. People started pouring in. Within an hour, the bank was back to normal and there was hardly any customer at any of the counters. Jessica was on her phone going through her social media feed while Brenda played Candy Crush. She had been playing the game for years and for a while, she had even convinced Jessica to play

game, Brenda finally decided to check on the customer. Her reaction was not very different from that of Jessica. She wasn't s

the previous day never happened at all. Brenda stared at him trying to find some answers. She

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Jessica asked as she

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s wallet and handed her his driving license. She quickly typed his credentials in the sy

d of a camera shutter attracted her attention. She looked up and found the man putting his phone aw

hed the door. Jessica walked out from behind the counter in astonishment and Brenda followed. Everyone in the bank was in shock and wondered what to make of it. Brenda didn't have any jokes to comfort Jessic

veryone agreed. After a while of standing around in confusion, everyone went back t

formal filing of the complaint. The two cops looked vigilant to the seemingly harmless case of stalking. The police thought that the case had a slight chance of having an aggressive psychopath behind it.

e question asked by the officer. "He started acting up a minute late

in his office doing God knows what. Jessica was back to staring at noth

anage," Brenda offer

respectfully deny but Bre

sica's counter. Jessica was convinced. She thanked Brenda and left. None of her coworkers had the right to mind her early leav

h waving with the wind looked ominous. Every harmless noise ran a shiver through her. She turned off the TV and walked outside the house. She sat at the door, observing everything that happened in the neighborhood. Jessica knew that sharing the events with Adam was the only way to calm her down but she also understood that doing so would make him sick with worry. Adam took days off work whenever Jessica fell sick. She tried her best to pass the time. The silent neighborhood didn't help her at al