The Other side
I woke up in the middle of the night, but I didn’t care. I got used to having a lot of nightmares and
calming myself walking around the house when I was a little girl, so that’s what I did.
I breathed several times and then I walked in my bedroom around ten minutes, until my body
wanted to sleep again, when I saw the time, it was 4:44 AM “so creepy” I said, then I closed my eyes,
and slept about three more hours.
Approximately, at 10 AM I was on my way to work, but when I arrived there, it was very cold, and I
got goosebumps while entering the office, I had to take a deep breath before walking through the
door I was so nervous. “Calm yourself” I said to myself when I saw my face reflected on a window,
pale and creeped. I waited in the hall about 10 minutes, when an old man, the boss, came and said
something.
-Sarah Lilac Hallow? -he was asking for me, so I walked up to him.
-It’s me. -I responded- Is this place always so quiet?
He ignored my question and kept talking.
-Follow me, I have work for you, your first work in the office. -He seemed optimistic.
I followed him down the dark hallway, till I got to my table, where he gave me a number and an
address.
-This are the Cahalan's you must make up the bride, for her upcoming weeding, while Miss Lawrence
takes care of the decoration, is that all right?
Of course, I said yes, I got to know Caitlin Lawrence, my only co-worker, a shy but kind brunette girl,
and we drove together to Miss and mister Cahalan’s house, it wasn’t so far, only ten minutes to
work, it was big, full of windows, and covered by a sky-blue paint. Caitlin said goodbye and went to
the house backyard, while I knocked on the door. A young, pregnant, woman dressed in retro
clothes came to receive me, she introduced herself as Lucy Cahalan and treated me so well while I
was trying different make up looks on her, I talked with her like one hour, but I noticed something...
Strange.
-Do you think I should look for look references in my mobile phone so you can tell me what you
would like?
She kept a long silence and smiled.
-In your... what?
I assumed that she was nervous, so I let it be. We talked more, for hours and hours, and then,
around half past ten, I decided that I had to go, Caitlin wasn’t there, so I thought that she had left
the building walking, I went home and fell asleep so quickly, “what a kind girl” I thought about Caitlin
and Lucy, but then, suddenly at 4:44 AM I woke up again.
I repeated the steps that I had done the other day, and continued sleeping, so I could get to Lucy’s
house early in the morning.
I went there, but... Nothing was normal, everything was so creepy, windows were broken, the door
felt to the ground, and no one was there, just a girl, laid on her knees praying in front of the house.
