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It was like yesterday when I made one of the strangest decisions I've ever taken in life even though it's been some years now. I have always formed the habit of coming back from or late without even minding and with no negative thoughts but my parents will always be the one to talk about how bad it is because of my safety. Honestly in those moments when they will be raising their voices at me to know if they can talk sense into me, it wouldn't make sense to me because I don't think of any evil. It was years after I had left home and entered a higher institution that I had this encounter that almost crippled me to the joint.
Lectures usually end early altho sometimes there might be delays and the lecture time will be shifted but on this day I had finished my lectures and got back to my place of residence.
As it was around 7pm I started having strange sensations in my stomach which made me wonder whether the food I ate might be the cause but within myself, I know that to be on the safer side there is need to go to the nearest pharmacy store before they close.
So I took my time and dressed up then closed my door and entered the street. The road on the street was very clean and no much people were on the road and with the help of the street lights, I was able to see the road up to a distance but the only thing I couldn't see was outside the tarred road into the fields because the location I was passing has a fields and some which were used for agricultural purposes and there are huge. There is also a section we're only trees are grown which appears like a dark forest during the day because the trees are so much together to one another in such a way that their leaves and branches formed canopies and shades the sun from reaching the ground in those section of the things field, now you can imagine how dark the area will be at night in the tree section.
To me since I've never encountered any dangers in the area before, I was going on my own not minding. My only target was to get to walk the long way to the nearest pharmacy store before they close because I know they usually close by 8pm every night although sometimes they stay longer if they have many people to attend to. While on the street half way from my home to the pharmacy store, I saw a little movement far up ahead of me from outside the road where the light was faint. I tried to see if anything was there but I didn't notice any more movement, I concentrated my eyes and attention on the spot while still heading to come and walk past the area.
I didn't notice any of the movements again so I felt maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me coupled with my imaginations but as I walked closer my heart started growing cold.
I started considering walking back and going to the pharmacy store the following morning because of how empty the street looks. Before I could come to a conclusion of turning back, I saw the young man come out from the dark side of the field outside the road and they casually walked straight to me. At that moment the thought of going back had already been so much in my mind that I had to turn around immediately like one who forgot something and started heading back to the direction I came from.
The next thing I heard was very loud footsteps approaching me as though someone was running. The moment I heard it I sped off immediately running as fast as I could as I knew that looking behind me would be the worst way possible to kill the little time I didn't have to misuse.
I trust my legs so much at the speed at which they can carry my entire body because I always go out for early morning stretching, road walks and running. I know how my life of exercise has really influenced me especially when it comes to handling tasks that once appeared too difficult to me. I had noticed that ever since I started running and training myself in speed, control and timing that it has made me feel more comfortable to run for a very long distance before I start having feelings of one that is doing something.
As I was running, I was hearing the sound of the night breeze rushing past my ears and it's not something new to me but the only new thing to me was that I know I'm in danger which may land me in serious trouble if I'm caught. I was still hearing the footsteps and panting sounds behind me so I decided to run through the field areas which are dark with not much visibility.
I changed my direction immediately and went off the road and immediately ran to a distance before looking back while still running and I saw no one on the road and no sign of anyone behind me. Within my mind I felt, maybe they were also pursuing me from the fields in the inner sections maybe to surprise me when I may stop running. So immediately I ran out to the tarred street road again where the lights were visible and I increased my speed with confidence and thought within my heart how I've always seen bugatti sports cars in action. The breeze was loud in my ears before Immediately changed my direction and raced through the other dark side of the road. While running within the faint light section of the fields, I thought to myself that increasing my speed more in this section to cover more far distance than I've covered before in a short time frame then enter the tarred road of the street where I will be visible will make them think they've seen a speed demon or a disappearing personality.
That was exactly what I did, in the section of the faint light of the field, I increased my speed to the maximum I could. As I was running I felt as though my legs barely touched the ground because I felt so weightless like the breeze.
Later, I was really grateful there were no sign posts or barriers in the section which I might have collided with because I would have plastered it, even if it was a wall or fence, it would have been very disastrous.
That night I got home safely and while on it inside as I pulled my shirt, my heart was beating and I was sweating but I see myself laugh a bit over what happened and I know I have escaped some group of very and guys whose stories of armed robbery wasn't a new thing in my area and throughout the night I never had any issues with my stomach, I automatically became okay.
Thanks for reading my post amd happy new year in advance.