Forty Eight

MELANIE’S POV

I clutched to Dwane on the bed, opening my eyes wide. I was wide awake, not been able to close my eyes even to sleep. There were times that my mind revered back to what happened and I was scared.

It's been almost a week now since the insident happened and I haven't completely shook it off. I couldn't. Dwane didn't allow me to go outside any longer.

He stayed with us at any chance he could get. The issue about the guy just died down like that. Nothing came up any longer from the police which confirmed our fears that something was wrong.

Dwane knew about the creepy eyes that I said I felt following me. He got mad at me for not telling me all those months ago and I tried to defend myself by telling him that it was something I didn't count to be a big deal.

I eventually apologized to him and we settled things out. Nothing really strange happened since except the fact that I was overly suspicious of everyone around me.

My guard was always up, and I was always jumpy. We tri