SUNDAY PHOTO FICTION
911
It was late in the day and the path along the canal was wet. I saw a teenage girl running and there was a man chasing her. She almost slipped and fell, but he caught up with her, grabbed her hair and began pulling her back in the direction she came from.
She began to scream, but he covered her mouth with his hand, pulled out a handkerchief and stuffed it in her mouth.
I frantically dialed 911, and noticed the guy looking up at me. Then, he disappeared around the corner with the girl in tow.
The 911 operator asked me what the emergency was and I described what I had seen.
Minutes later the police arrived at my door to get more information. They said they would be back in touch with me and they left.
I packed a bag, grabbed my coat and quickly walked to the bus stop so I could go to a friend’s house for the night since the man had seen me in the window.
The next day I received a call from the police letting me know they had apprehended the man and the girl was in the hospital.
Copyright © 2016 Written by Jessie Cross ~ All rights reserved
Interesting take. I wonder what the man was up to and what the girl had suffered? Good work.
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Thank you! She’s probably lucky to be alive.
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Definitely a good call. Amazed the police turned up so fast hehe. Good idea about going to a friend’s house.
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Yes, I know what you mean about them showing up so fast! They must have been in the general area. 😉
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Harassing someone’s poor dog no doubt lol
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A terrifying scenario and an interesting spin on the prompt 🙂
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Thank you!
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🙂
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I hope the girl recovered after her ordeal. Good job your narrator was paying attention and called the police!
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Thank you! She will be alright physically, but will have some problems to work through after that kind of trauma.
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Wow! Glad it had a happy ending, but I am curious as to what the man was up to in the first place.
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Thank you! There are so many variations of this story …and they are all bad. I wish this type of things never happen.
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Maybe we need the bad endings so we know to appreciate the good endings? 😦
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Great suspenseful story Jessie! It had me on the edge of my seat!
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Thank you, Joy. It’s hard to believe that sort of thing actually happens.
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Yes, it is!!
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Sometimes I wish fiction would just be fiction and things like that would never happen in real life.
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Me too! Thank you for reading and commenting.
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