A Life Hangs By A Thread
Lit Up Halloween Spooks
I was sleeping like a log. Something forced me to wake up. I tried to open my eyes and took my mobile from the nightstand to check the time. The digital clock in the home screen switched the time from 2:59 to 3:00 A.M. Seeing the light from the mobile after a deep sleep had sent the wake-up signal to my brain, so I got up from my bed.
I went near to the window and looked outside from my high rise apartment. The first thing I noticed was the thick rope hanging in front of the window. I wondered why it was hanging there. I opened the window and peeped out. Then it struck for me that the window cleaner might have left it the previous day after cleaning it.
I closed the window and gazed at the deserted street outside. Suddenly, the rope oscillated. I assumed it was because of the heavy wind, but it began to swing at high speed.
Before I could figure out the reason for it, I saw a shoe descending. Slowly the leg of the person appeared. It was the window cleaner. He was hanging in front of my window with a cleaning mop.
I opened the window, greeted him, and asked him why he was up early. He didn’t answer me. I thought he was rude and was about to close the window. At that time, I noticed the blood dripping from his neck. I was too nervous to check what happened to him and decided to call emergency.
I turned back to take my mobile. Something pulled my hand, and the next second, I was hanging in the rope below the cleaner.
My face got painted with his blood, and I screamed at the top of my voice.
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