Chapter 6: This old man is a murderer

The old man stood at the door greeting lily with an eerie smile. Lily must have not noticed it because her eyes trailed the cookies that the old man held. I walked towards the door with a bold expression to portray my fearlessness but my legs didn’t agree as they wiggled and feared for my near feature.

The man greeted me with a dubious smile , his yellow crooked teeth in view as he handed fei the cookie. He probably had noticed that Fei would have started drooling if the cookies weren’t given to her that very moment.

“Wouldn’t you invite me in?”, he seethed.

“Well we would love to but the house isn’t at its best and it’s not the right time for an invitation.” , I ranted but only to be cut of by Fei.

“Of course , we would love if you shared these cookies with us. The more the merrier.” She said softly staring lovingly at the cookies. I gave her an unbelievable look.

The old man pranced past me , his eyes searching for something. I kept a keen eye on his movements as he sat down and patted the place next to him gesturing lily to sit. I made my self comfortable on the floor , sitting In front of the old man gazing at him with a hard look. And yes this hard look wasn’t a disguise concealing my fear rather I was brave at this very moment.

The old man begin,

“Well I noticed you’ve got a job Maya. How was the first day ?”

I stared at him trying to decipher what were his intentions. Just as Maya took the cookies to the kitchen. I said,

“let’s cut to the chase what do you want? Do you want to kill me old man?”

The old man looked at me with astonishment visible in his eyes.

“Well that’s not the way you treat your elders. You address them with a mam or a sir.”

“listen old man , I don’t quite have the time for wasting. You can hurry up or just leave.” I snapped

“Well where did you get this courage from. Don’t you remember I can just strip you off this property.” He said calmly to which I spat,

“What do you want?”

“Well that’s more like it. I want you to join hands with me.” He replied

“You mean killing. Then no.” I retorted

“I wouldn’t say it to be killing rather it is more appropriate to say cleansing this world from the dirty imbeciles. You don’t have a choice unless you want death to come sooner.” He cautioned

I tried to keep my trepidation and fear concealed beneath my cold as i spoke,

“Well let death come sooner. I shall not be tainted by any unprincipled trait.” I declared

Where is Fei. She is supposed to be here right now, not devouring cookies

“That is why I chose you as the tenant. I admire your rectitude. But very soon you will be helping me under the circumstances yet to come.” He said getting up. Just then Fei came in the room holding the empty plate. She ate all the cookies while here I was being threatened by this old man. What a friend.

Fei had accidently brought the journal into the room with her feet.

The old man's eyes shone as he glanced at the journal. He was just turning towards it when I pushed him and out the door he was. Slamming the door shut, I heard the old man , “We will continue our conversation.”

I sat on the floor amused at what I had done. From where did get this courage? He can just kill me anytime , I thought laying down. These thoughts clouded my head till I fell inro a deep slumber. The stranger thing is Fei didn’t ask me about the conversation , considering that she is nosy.

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Work is the last place I want to go but the thing is it doesn’t really depend on what I want , It depends on the current circumstances. I have to save money to do something with my life , proceed and achieve something even if it is small just to make progress because right now I remain stagnant.

Bidding goodbye to Fei I left for the bakery. Right now , I just have a strange feeling. I feel like I’m not ready for something that has yet to unveil itself. What could it be? I’m just a homeless depending on luck.

Welcoming myself to the bakery I saw my co worker wasn’t present rather the manager was accommodating the customers. The manager greeted me and turned to hand me the apron when I saw black hand imprint on the posterior part of his pyjamas. First of all who wears pyjamas to work and second of all the design the hand imprints was what stood out evidently. I could here few snickers here and there but the manager remained oblivious. I kept my mouth shut not knowing how to address the situation over here.

A few hours had passed and I was surprised at the manager’s oblivious state. Even though many people had pointed there fingers and some even had laughed but this man still remained unaware. Hearing another loud laugh , I informed the manager about the awkward situation and I kid you not his cheeks were tinted with a dark shade of red. I didn't expect that after our first after our first conversation.

The manager rushed out to change his outfit as I started to assist the customer guiding them.

Just then I heard a bell ring indicating someone was here. And that someone was unexpected.