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front of her. It wasn’t Mark by the sound of his
voice, so it was probably was one of his friends. She tried pushing away the
hand, but the person wouldn’t budge.
     
    “Who are you?” he demanded to know.
     
    Melissa swung her leg back and
kicked him as hard as she could on his leg. She tried to run, but instead
collapsed on the ground when she was out of breath after running so hard. She
was pulled back roughly again and the person in front of her grabbed her by the
shoulders and pinned her on the wall.
     
    “Who are you and how did you get
here?” he asked again and switched on his flashlight and pointed it to her
face.
     
    Melissa blinked as the light hit
her eyes and she groaned, but just as he started to put his flashlight away,
she caught a glimpse of his face.
     
    “Keith?” she asked in bewilderment.
     
    Keith lowered his flashlight so
that they could both look at each other. “Yes. Do I know you?”

Chapter Eleven
     
    “I thought you were one of them.”
Keith said and pointed his flashlight towards the fence in front of them.
     
    Melissa opened her mouth to say
something and realized she didn’t know what to say. He had been shot by the
police and fallen into the lagoon. It had been to dark last night so they
hadn’t been able to identify each other which explained why he couldn’t recognize
her, but that gave him no right to hurt her like this. As these thoughts raced
through her mind, Keith had already turned his attention elsewhere and was
starting to move away from her.
     
    “We met last night.” Melissa
explained and followed the light. “I’m...I mean I used to know Fiona.”
     
    “Uh-huh.” Keith said distractedly
and examined the large fence in front of him.
     
    Melissa tried to look for a gunshot
wound or blood on him and found none in the dim light. “How did you survive?”
     
    Keith looked at her with
puzzlement. “No idea. One minute I was somewhere else, the next; I wake up and
find myself in a basement.”
     
    “The cop shot you.” Melissa said,
rubbing her arm and wondered if it was just a bruise or a sprain.
     
    “I have no idea what you’re talking
about.” Keith said and turned around. He shone the flashlight all over the
boutique and a cafe and frowned.
     
    Melissa winced as her hands touched
a small bump on her forearm. Keith was probably still in shock, so it was wise
to not agitate him.
     
    “Are you okay?” Keith asked.
     
    “You practically beat me up.”
Melissa complained.
     
    “I’m sorry, but I really thought
you were one of them.” Keith said.
     
    “Who? The Demons?” Melissa asked.
“Because even though you couldn’t see, you must have sensed that I wasn’t one!”
     
    “I’m not talking about them.” Keith
said and entered the cafe.
     
    Melissa quickly followed him inside
and took a deep breath. The cafe hadn’t been abandoned; the chairs and tables
were still set neatly, and no menu cards were strewn on the floor. The cafe
smelled faintly of coffee and Melissa wished she could have a hot cup in her
hands right now. It was even colder than it had been last night and she was
cold, tired and hungry.
     
    “Who are you talking about?” Melissa
asked and pulled off a table cloth from the table. Everything on the table fell
on the floor with a loud clatter, but she didn’t care much for it. After what
the city folk had done to her and her friends, she didn’t care if she tore down
the whole place with her bare hands. She wrapped the tablecloth around her and
shivered.
     
    “Shhh!” Keith said and peered out the
window. “Keep it down.”
     
    “If they hurt Jenny, I will hunt
them down and...”Melissa said and wiped away at her eyes. How could she hurt
Mark? She thought she had been over him, but seeing him brought painful
memories. He was a murderer and she still had feelings for him. What was wrong
with her?
     
    “Yeah, yeah.” Keith said and closed
the curtains. “We have to make sure they don’t find