"Who are you sir? Please, don't hurt me." Aria pleaded, praying to the almighty to save her from whatsoever calamity was before her this night.
"What are you doing around here?" The man asked smirking at Aria while looking at her from toes to head.
"I---I,pl---please,si----si---I---please." She stammers.
"I ask again,what are you doing here?"
She was about to say something when she heard someone talking from behind her,"she's my grand child,you can now leave."
It was the old lady who was arguing with her husband earlier,she wanted to open the door for poor Aria but her husband kept stopping her.
"It doesn't look like that ma'am." The man said looking unbothered.
"Think whatever Mr,but we're going inside ",the lady took Aria's hand and led her into the house.
A frightened Aria held on to the woman's hand tightly, refusing to let go.
"It's okay now child,he can't harm you."
"Thank you ma'am."
She took the girl to the kitchen to prepare something to ease the pain on her swollen feet.
"What are you doing in such a dangerous environment at this time? Who dropped you here?"
"No one,I ran here alone."
"Ran? Why?"
"It's a long story ma'am.
"I am Hannah." She said handling a cup of tea to Aria.
Ariana was afraid to drink the tea because of how the house was;it looks like a haunted house in Hollywood movies.
The inside was even worse than the outside,it had some strange feelings attached to it maybe that's why it stood alone on this street.
While starring around the house, Aria's face caught someone looking at her from a corner of the house. It was the old man from the window.
"Hi",she waved and was ignored.