Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 32

Larissa contemplated for a very long time before finally summoning the courage to call Travis.

Yet, despite having made several calls in a row, Travis never answered.

At night, when Larissa returned home after work, she was stopped by someone at the entrance of Foxtail Garden.

The sky was getting dark, and the figure stood against the light. All Larissa could make out was a skinny figure, her arms outstretched.

It seemed to be a woman.

Before she could cause any accidents, Larissa slammed on the brakes.

Her car stopped about ten feet away from the figure.

Larissa was stunned for about two seconds before she felt her heart rate slow to a normal pace.

When she’d recovered from her shock and looked back to where the figure was standing earlier, there was only dust dancing under the dim, yellowish light. Where had the figure gone?

Larissa was questioning if what she had seen was nothing but a hallucination when she heard the sound of someone trying to pull her car door open at the passenger’s side. And when whoever it was realized that they couldn’t pry open her door, they started knocking on her window frantically.

door! Open the fucking door!” The woman shouted from the outside,

sharp. Her pitch was so high

but Larissa could not properly discern the woman’s features. Instead, the hazy reflection on the glass showed a dark silhouette with disheveled long hair–it

this in the middle of the night, she couldn’t help but feel her scalp

wrapped her arms around

shouting, “Open the door! Open the door! Just open

Larissa did not open the

roll down her car window as she tried

consideration the person who was just outside her car, she stepped on

hitting Larissa’s car window two

door! Open the

sounded like the devil’s chants in

and tried to not

she had finally reached the entrance, the guard did not raise the barricade as he usually did.

to stop the

halfway, just enough for her to make eye contact with the security guard in

her an apologetic look as he explained, “That woman beside your car is not a resident of Foxtail Garden. She tried to force her way in, and we called the police after we failed to reason with her. Don’t worry, the police are on their way. If you could just wait for a moment until she leaves, Miss, I’ll let

figures, the security in that area was especially tight. Outsiders who wished to enter either had to use an access card or have a relative

no access card and knew no

in.