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Violence in America
“You think I’m following you?” he asked.
“Yes!” I said trying to make it sound obvious while giving him my raised- eyebrow look.
“Don’t worry. I’m not. You don’t need to feel threatened”.
“Uh, okay”, I said, though very unconvinced.
It was around 8:30pm.two weeks back on a Friday night when I was returning alone to my dorm after my grocery shopping from the nearby gas station. It was getting dark and there were only a couple of people scattered around on the street. I had noticed the White stocky man walking a foot behind me for around two blocks and so I crossed the road just to be safe. But now, he was right on my trail again. As a matter of fact, we were now walking side-by-side. Hoping that it was all a coincidence, I walked on. Besides, he looked really innocent and was probably a family man since he looked like he was in his mid-30s. “Don’t panic”, I said to myself. I increased my pace, trying to keep a distance from that man. But so did he. Instead of backing off after the confrontation, he jogged up to my side once again.
“So where are you from?” he asked, trying to start up a conversation.
I had been already assured that he was, indeed, following me. “I’ll go to my friend’s apartment”, I thought to myself and decided to take a detour since my friend’s apartment seemed like a better option than my dorm which was still a couple of blocks away.
“C’mon, I’m not following you. I’m just being friendly. That’s all”, he said.
I kept on increasing my pace, ignoring his presence. I was now near my friend’s apartment and he was still following me, trying to keep up with my pace. Walking faster, I reached the door and rung the door bell. Luckily, my friend came to reply in like a minute or two and I hurriedly got in. I sighed with relief. I surreptitiously looked out through the window of my friend’s door and I saw that he was still waiting outside her doorway. I checked again after...