THE ECHO

IT WAS ABOUT 3 AM IN THE COMING MORNING WHEN I HEARD SOMEONE CALLING OUT MY NAME FROM OUTSIDE. I OPENED MY EYES AND SAT IN THE BED. VENICA WAS STILL SLEEPING. I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK AND I WAS RIGHT, IT WAS ABOUT TO GET FOUR. I GOT UP TO AND MOVED TOWARD THE HALL TO HEAR THE CALLING, IF IT WAS SOMEONE. I STOOD NEAR THE PHONE TO HEAR BUT THERE WAS NO ONE. NOT A SINGLE VOICE EXCEPT THE TICKING OF CLOCK. I MOVED TOWARD THE KITCHEN AND GULPED A GLASS OF WATER. SUDDENLY, I HEARD A LOUD THUD TOWARD THE MAIN GATE. I PUT THE GLASS ON THE COUNTER AND MOVED IN THE DIRECTION. I OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED OUTSIDE. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY LIVING BEING BUT COLD. I LOOKED AGAIN, BUT NOTHING. I CAME BACK INSIDE AND MOVED TO THE LAWN THINKING THAT SOME POT MIGHT HAVE FELL OFF THE STAND. BUT EVERYTHING WAS FINE.