The Suspicion

Naya arrived home as quickly as she could with her heart banging against her chest. Brett was home too. He was seated on the couch, waiting patiently for her. As soon as she walked in, he flung his arm around her and hugged her very tightly.

“I almost thought I was going to die,” he said with a broken tone. Naya broke the hug and cupped his face in her arms.

“Look, I am here for you, okay?” She reminded him. “Just tell me what is going on.”

“Take a look at this message,” he pulled out his phone and opened the message for her to see it. As soon as she saw it, she was dumbstruck and her face turned pale.

The message goes as thus

“It will happen one day when you didn’t expect. A bullet will be shot into someone’s skull and you won’t know who.”

Naya read the message over and over again trying to be sure she read right. Her hands were literally trembling in fright.

“Who…who sent this?” She managed to ask. “Must…must it be…. must it be…”

She could barely complete her sentence.

“I do