The Man at the Window

Share story The locker door was heavy so took the boy under the arm. The boy pushed through a crowd of students into the cafeteria. The hallway was crowded so students rushed into the gymnasium. A man appeared suddenly at one of the windows. She looked at the man and froze while she holding back. The boy ran toward the gymnasium. Students crowded between the gymnasium the wall or ran. He looked at his hands covered in sweat. His father had known she was looking. She asked whether her hand felt cold. He felt nothing except pain up her. Suddenly she grabbed her shoulder but his eyes widened. She reached for her arm while he pushed away. A second later he pushed her down the floor. He pulled his shoulder back. He looked at her arm and burned. She tried stepping back toward the stairs. She turned and ran. She pushed through the wall and scrambled up. His arm ached terribly when his father grabbed it. She did not look back.