Jendela Menghadap Jalan Novels & Stories

The prey is coming down the lane. "Calista, look at the window" Elena whispered suddenly, her hand locking around my elbow. I stood up from the desk, wiping a line of sweat from my face with my sleeve. I walked over to the thick glass window that looked out toward the wide Manhattan avenue. The morning sun had finally cleared the top of the high glass skyscrapers, turning the thick fog into a blinding white mist. The pristine streets were empty, but deep inside the white haze, a loud, heavy sound was moving closer. *VROOM. VROOM. VROOM.*

Guel said. I frowned. “Huh?” I knew he was talking to me since I was the one close to him. Mr Edward was standing by the door, with his back to us, and enough distance between us that it was almost suspicious. “The glass isn't see-through. It's a one-way glass. Those outside can't see you, but you can see them,” he explained. “I see.” I nodded and would have asked another question when something clicked in my mind. “How did you know?” I narrowed my eyes at him.

The window is open from the inside. After Geneva.

I hold on to the collar of my jacket, keeping it closer to my neck as the cold manages to pass through. The door shuts next to me, making me jump as I look out of the window to see the driver walking around the car and taking his place in the driver's seat. Richard’s eyes are still on me when I face him again. I take a deep breath waiting for the scold to come, but he stays silent.

They slow at the approaching gates, and Jesse watches with attentive anticipation realizing the place looked somewhat familiar as Joaquin leans out of the window and thumbs at a button. "It's me," he says before anyone even says anything on the other side. There's a muted buzz and the gates creak with the sound of a locking mechanism being unlatched before they're parting and exposing a long driveway, leading up to a house that's all glass and dim neon lighting around the borders.

"Two small steps to the left, the side where Will is." "Ok." I agreed. So we move and finally stop. My heart is still racing and the two of them are moving away, but not too far, I can still smell the scent and feel the warmth of each of them nearby. "You can open your eyes," Will said. I open my eyes and see that mine is a triple-glazed window, the first one facing me and the other two at an angle so that if I took another step or two forward I could see all of myself, which I do.

James's POV I watched the lift numbers count down on the display above the doors. Then I turned and walked back down the corridor, past the conference room with its scattered chairs and abandoned water glasses, past the assistants' bay where two people were laughing about something on a computer screen, past all the ordinary furniture of a working day. I stopped at the window at the end of the hall. The city spread below in its afternoon configuration — cars, pedestrians, the particular flat light of a sky that couldn't decide on weather.

Dolf marked each point she indicated with small pen dots. "Actually," Jenny continued, pressing her fingers to various spots on the map, "there are false windows here, here, here, and here. If there's trouble, people inside might escape through these ways. They're accessible from the outside as well, using a hidden switch on the frame. The children often used them to sneak back in when they weren't supposed to be out."

I said as I pulled way. "I'll look for her," Franz said stiffened, bobbed his head, shoving his hands in his pockets. "I'll update you back." I nodded. I saw him bid goodbye waiving his hand, fixing his glasses using his index finger. I walked towards the entrance making the door creaked. I glanced at the retractable, curved glazing elements in a sash window to lowering the windows into a basement channel. These windows sat partially lowered to form a glazed balustrade around the interior or can sat completely flush with the ground level of the square.

-adds pointing out my window. I turn around and see a very tall building, made of dark glass and with two doormen at the door. My face lights up with a smile as I look up. The cab parks and Azael gets out first to open my door, which makes me smile like a fool. We both walked to the entrance and entered through the automatic doors.