A Different Me: A Short Story
(By Nannette Kreitzman)
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Excerpt:
“Hello, Chantelle.”
His manner was different from before, menacing to be exact, adding to her unease.
“Umm, Johnny, right?” She took a furtive glance around the empty hallway. “I was just getting ready to call it a night.”
“Can’t let you do that,” he said, looming over her. “The night’s just getting started.”
She juggled the ice bucket between them. “Listen, I’m sorry if I gave you the wrong impression…”
“This isn’t about you and me,” his eyes roamed up and down her body, “not that I hadn’t given it some thought.”
The door to her room opened, revealing Jennifer clad in flannel pajamas. “Izz, everything okay?”
“Everything’s fine, isn’t it Chantelle?” he asked, mistaking ‘Izz’ for ‘is’.
“I-I-I’m going inside. Goodnight.”
She slipped into the room. Before Jennifer could get the door closed, Johnny shoved his way in, knocking her into a sprawl on the floor. Isabelle threw the ice bucket at him, joining in her sister’s verbal assault.
He laughed at them, brushing moisture from his lapel. “Yell all you want, ladies. No one’s up here this early.”
Isabelle lunged at him, the result of which landed her in a heap next to Jennifer. Her blood ran cold when he took something out of his pocket, but it wasn’t a [weapon]. Before she could figure out what it was, a misty cloud wet her face and the room turned upside down.”
