Chapter sixteen

I started walking slowly along the sidewalk, face facing down. I walked for a few seconds, making a cornered turn to the street behind Tephanie's. I continued to walk, the thought of all that happened today replaying in my head.

How could Patrick be so stupid? The thought of him hitting Collin makes me frown. I suddenly wondered how Collin was doing. I didn't have his number and couldn't call him. Suddenly, I was hearing his voice inside my head, all he said earlier before Patrick intruded, making me smile. I couldn't quite get a hold of this particularly humorous thing about him and it didn't seem to bother me. If anything, it pleased me to wonder about.

Just then, I felt the presence of somebody walking behind me. I stopped, looked to the side to maybe catch the person's shadow but I saw nothing. Stopping completely, I turned around, my eyes gliding all over the wide streets road but nothing.... There was nobody coming behind me. That's strange. I could almost swear that I heard foo