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She awoke with a jolt, scared, disoriented and confused. Her hair was messy, like a clown's. The cab driver was startled and worried for her but what could he really do about it?

She had tried to open the door twice while the car was in motion, gripped his shoulder bone so hard, he felt his collar bone almost cracking and a high-pitched shriek. It was by mere luck and wonder it had not shattered all glass into small pieces.

“We are stopping at the next filling station.”

“You need a moment.”

“to breathe and clear your mind.”

She gave the Uber driver the green light to his suggestion, noting the wisdom in those words. The next station that came into view, they pulled right into it and parked. She went out to buy some water and maybe some gum to chew on the shopping store at the filling station.

“Would you like something?”

“A soda or a bottle of water perhaps..?”

She asked the Uber driver, but he just smiled and politely declined, then told her not to take too long at the store.

“Sure..,”

“I’ll be back in a few.”

She went to the store to get a couple of items and maybe use the filling station washrooms. There were a couple of people who were shopping in the store. She walked around the store checking for what to buy.

Deciding to buy a cold bottle of water, she walked over to where the fridge was and opened it to get her cold bottle of water. As she retrieved the bottle, she closed the fridge door but as soon as she did that, she saw a reflection on the fridge door's glass.

There was a black figure behind her, it did not seem to have any physical form, but she dared not find out if it indeed was tangible. Her back was against the fridge clutching her purse to take a couple of swings at this thing if it attempted to get near her.

It stretched out its hand to grab her, moving forward towards her with a step and that made her finally go berserk, swinging her purse wildly. When she finally stopped, she saw that the other customers had stopped what they were doing and were looking at her.

The black figure seemed to have vanished while she was swinging her purse. Some onlookers looked concerned, others afraid while the rest looked at it as a funny spectacle.

Her face burned red with embarrassment, walking with her head hanging low to the cashier to pay her bill and get out.

The cashier whispered to her while he was tallying and packing her items in a brown paper bag.

“Don’t mind their stares..,

“Everyone has s**t that terrifies them.”

“Have a good day”

She whispered a quick thanks" I appreciate it to him, paid for the items, and stepped out of the store. Rose decided to call her husband. She thought hearing her husband’s words might give her relief from how the day was giving her a scare. He picked up the third ring.

“Hello, Daddy..”

“My day has been scary all through.”

Kanyoni told his woman to tell him about her day but she said…

“I’m on my way home,”

“I’ll be there in a few then we’ll talk, ”

“tell you how my day was, then you share how your day was too.”

“Cool..?”

All she heard back was her husband cursing, then a rumbling sound in the background the line went dead. She hurried back to the Uber because she was concerned and worried about what had happened back home.

The driver put on some soothing music to play and pulled out of the filling station to take this client home. The song by John Denver, take me home. The country road was playing, and Rose found herself singing along to it.

I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me

The radio reminds me of my home far away

Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'

That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me home

To the place, I belong

West Virginia, mountain mama

Take me home, country roads

Country roads, take me home

To place plac,e I belong

West Virginia, mountain mama

Take me home, country roads

The ride did not take long and soon she arrived home. Paying the Uber driver and giving him a good tip on top, waving him goodbye then walking up her front yard to the door. She rang the doorbell several times but, there was no response at all. She wondered,

“Was Kanyoni not home or what..?”