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“Okay,” I said.
He wrapped his arm around me and led me toward his apartment.
We came to an immediate stop.
Two men stood before us. Tall and broad, I thought they were two of the three silhouetted figures I saw earlier.
They just stood there, staring at us.
Dyrel placed a hand around my shoulder and guided us off the path. We wound around the figures. Although their heads turned in our direction, they hadn’t turned to follow us.
It’s dangerous in the park at night.
I guess it was a universal truth.
The pair of silhouetted figures faded into the mist as quickly as they had appeared.
I breathed a sigh of relief as we increased our pace and hurried along the path on our way out of there.
Dyrel pulled to a stop again.
This time, there was just one figure standing in the middle of the path. He was the biggest of them all. His features were once again lost to the haze.
Dyrel continued toward him, drawing me behind him as we made to slip past the mysterious figure.
I whispered under my breath.
“He’s with the others,” I said.
I forgot sound traveled better in this dense mist. The other guy must have heard me.
His arm shot out and barred our way.
“Excuse me,” Dyrel said, moving to step around the extended arm.
The figure moved with us, blocking us.
“That was quite a touching scene.”
The other two figures from earlier stepped behind us. We were trapped.
“It brought a tear to my eye.”
It was hard to identify the speakers. Their lips were shrouded with darkness and mist.
Dyrel spoke in a low voice so only I could hear.
“When I say, run,” he said.
I was too terrified to respond to him.
“Guys,” Dyrel said with a broad grin and spreading his arms out wide. “There’s no need for this. How about we all be on our way?”
“And leave us here cold and hungry in the park?” one of them said.
“I’m quite happy to give you guys some money so you can buy something to eat,” Dyrel said.
“That’s very kind of you. But the kind of hunger we have, it can’t be satisfied with food. We desire a little… female company.”
