The Caller

As cold sweat trickled down my face I stood there still shocked by what I had just heard. My heart thumping wildly in my chest as I struggled to get my breathing back to normal. My hopes that the call I had gotten was just a silly child’s prank shattered as I realized that no child would have the knowledge of what I had done.

The caller’s voice was familiar to me, yet I couldn’t put my finger on who it was. My mind went blank as I tried to think of who it could have been. An image of a faceless person conjured in my mind as fear and worry filled my head. It was as if I was paralysed with shock. At that moment common sense was unknown to me. Once I recovered from the frightful scare, I mustered up the courage to see if I would recognize the number. Unfortunately for me the number was private, and my hacking skills were shameful.

An hour later, I got a text from the same bloodcurdling number. Chills ran up my spine as I looked at the short yet eerie text. My palms glistened with sweat as I once again wondered how my life had gotten to this point.