THE VILLAGERS
Dec 03, 2020
4 minutes
by CL Taylor
Emily is watering the plants on her windowsill when she notices movement across the village square – a dark shadow moving behind the bus shelter.
She lies in bed, wide awake, listening for strange noises
She watches, pulse quickening, as the man slides into view. He’s tall, dark-haired and wearing black. Emily knows every single person in the village but she doesn’t know this man and she doesn’t like the way he’s creeping around. She snatches up her phone as the man drifts from house to house, lingering outside each one before moving on to the next. As a village they’ve suffered a spate of burglaries over the past few months: tools have been stolen
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