I felt my blood burning hot beneath my skin.
A pedestrian hurried me along, saying I was blocking the road and telling me to step aside.
A large vehicle drove past the street right at that moment. In the blink of an eye, the figure was gone.
There was a fruit stand nearby. It was slow at noon, so the owner was lounging in the shade, glancing around casually.
"The man who was here just now... where did he go?" I asked.
The owner shot me a strange look. "Miss, you must've seen things. No one's been standing here."
I refused to believe it and pressed him again. "Please think again. He was right here a second ago."
The owner said, "Crying won't change anything, kid. I'm not lying—there really was nobody here."
My body shook uncontrollably, and my vision blurred. I fumbled in my pocket,
