'Til Death Do Us Part - Part 37

The night was quiet, except for the echo of Sarah and Roger's footsteps and the huffs of Roger's ragged breaths. Sarah paused and glanced over her shoulder. No sign of Aura.

“I think we're safe,” Sarah said.

Roger rested his hands on his thighs as he gulped down deep breaths. After a moment, he wiped beads of sweat from his brow and straightened up. “She didn't seem happy with us at all,” he said and looked around.

“Did you really have to tell her that we thought she was the killer?”

“Well, at least we got a confession out of her.”

Sarah sighed. “That won't do us much good if we're dead.”

The pair continued their journey in silence. As they walked, a drizzle of rain began to fall from the sky. The fine mist clung to Sarah's skin and pelted her face. The smell of petrichor permeated the atmosphere as the cool air soothed her aching lungs. She looked around the street and realized that she and Roger were the only two people traveling down the road. A distant traffic light turned from green to red, bidding spectral cars to come to a halt.

Sarah looked at the faded crosswalk. She glanced from one side of the road to the other and began to cross, with Roger close on her heels. Halfway across the street, she caught a glimpse of yellow light in her peripheral vision. She stopped and turned in the direction of the light. “Did you see that?” she whispered.

Roger stopped and looked. “See what?” he whispered back.

Sarah scanned the empty road but saw no sign of the light.

“Nothing,” she said. “I guess I'm still a little spooked from earlier.”

As the duo walked the remainder of the distance to Sarah's vehicle, she periodically glanced over her shoulder. She couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching them. Finally, after what seemed like forever, she and Roger arrived in the parking lot where her car was located. The pair opened the doors and climbed into the vehicle. Sarah turned the key in the ignition. She let out a sigh of relief as the car hummed away. She put her car into reverse and pulled out of the parking spot.

Her windshield wipers smeared a long streak across her window. Her heart froze as she saw in the distance a pair of two yellow floating orbs of light. She blinked and they were gone. She put her car into drive and pulled out of the parking lot. She couldn't wait for this vacation to be over.