I was dressed in nothing but a simple hoodie, trousers, and sneakers. I looked half crazy trying to move about at 3 AM, with no guards to protect me. Especially knowing the recent stealing and kidnappings in these streets. The driver had been complaining non-stop about how I would have to pay higher, which I would, but the problem was whether he would wait for me to follow me back. He would probably strangle me as no driver would agree to stay in the lonely streets of 404 Jallington.
404 Jallington was notorious. The streetlights flickered, casting langy shadows that seemed to move on their own. Buildings loomed overhead, their windows dark and empty, like the eyes of long-abandoned giants. Trash littered the ground, rustling with the scurrying of unseen rodents. The air was thick with th
