Chapter 3 - "Survive the Death"

A month later after that incident, Katherine's life was no longer the same, she began to live cautiously, but slowly her old life returned, everyone and her surroundings returned to normal, no one knew what happened to her, she kept it a secret.

"Morning Kate, have you finished putting together your presentation?" ask Priscilla Bailey

"Oh hey Prissy, yeah I'm done" replied Katherine gave Priscilla a warm smile

"Are you alright, lately, I feel like something's wrong with you, you've been more often alone and haven't joined us for lunch this week?" ask Priscilla looking concern at her

"Yes, I'm fine, thank you for your concern." reply Katherine smiled

"Okay then, how about joining us later for lunch?" ask Priscilla about to walk away

"Yeah sure, I will" reply Katherine going back to her job

Katherine works at a high-tech production company, she works as an assistant manager, helping the manager to schedule and planning others side job.

Two months passed, and her life returned to normal. She had started to forget the accident, and tried to live a normal life again. But one morning when she was about to go to work, she got something in the mail.

"What's this, a mail, since when did I have this many letters?" muttered Katherine was about heading to work picking up the few letters scattered on the floor

After opening it, she was shocked because it contained a threat that said "Tell us where he is, don't try to hide, we all know about you." "He isn't dead right, we know that you both faking it." reading all those letters made her heart beating fast who meant they were real, fake, dead, what is it all about.

Katherine turned the letter over to see the sender's address, but there was no clear address, the sender was also anonymous, how could this happen.

"What's going on, why do the letters all tell the same things?" muttered Katherine shivering looking around her house

Because she was afraid, she finally rushed out of the house and went to the office to divert her anxiety, carrying those letters.

Arriving at the office, Katherine couldn't focus, she tried to understand the letter, and suddenly Priscilla came and brought her coffee.

"Hey Kate, have some caffeine to cheer you up, actually, what happened, why do you look so serious today?" ask Priscilla put the coffee on her table

"How about I tell you something?" said Katherine suddenly thought about something

Katherine finally decided to tell Priscilla about what happened that day, but all she got was a strange, funny story.

"What a dark fairy tale you're telling, this is so funny how could this happen?" ask Priscilla awkwardly smiling while staring at Katherine who was serious about it

"I'm not making up a fairy tale, it was real, I swear" said Katherine staring at Priscilla really serious

"So, what's his name, how can you know his face without even know his name?" ask Priscilla to Katherine

"I don't know his name, but wait I remember he once said to a priest that day Parker, that's only I know" said Katherine to Priscilla

"So this is what you've been worrying about the last few months about that guy named Parker?" ask Priscilla to Katherine

"Parker doesn't seem to be his first name, but his last name." said Katherine to Priscilla

"So that's making you Katherine Dullinghan Parker, right?" said Priscilla teasing her in the middle of her seriousness

"No we are not legally married, so that mean I'm not a Parker" reply Katherine annoyed

"Whatever you say" said Priscilla still couldn't believe her

That evening she had dinner with Amanda at a restaurant, and she finally told Amanda about the letter she received that morning.

"What the heck is this, should we report it to the police?" said Amanda after reading those letters

"Yes, I think it has something to do with that guy, Parker" said Katherine sipping her glass of wine

"Hey Kate, do you remember Tom Anderson?" ask Amanda suddenly to Katherine tossing her glass to her

"Tom Anderson, it seems familiar?" Katherine said staring at Amanda curious

"Tom, who went to the same school as us in high school, is now back, and he's a lawyer if I'm not mistaken." said Amanda smiling at her

Now Katherine remembers that Tom was one of her old crushes from high school, no wonder Amanda had been grinning all this time, it turns out Katherine forgot that she used to have a crush on Tom.

"Yeah I remember him now, my ex-crush, I didn't expect him to be here" said Katherine awkward

"This is going to be an epic gathering at our class reunion this coming Saturday." said Amanda to Katherine smiling

"He's still single" said Amanda teasing Katherine about it

After finishing dinner with Amanda, she finally went to the police station to report the threats in the letter she received.

"Excuse me I'm Katherine Dullinghan, and I'm here to report a threat." said Katherine to the police officer at a counter

"Katherine Dullinghan, It's been a long time since I heard that name, how are you?" ask the police officer at the counter suddenly start gretting her warmly

"Excuse me, do we know each other?" ask Katherine a little confused about it

"I'm Cameron Hepburn, we were in the same class in high school, remember?" said the police officer, Cameron Hepburn

"Oh I remember Cameron the funny kid who always made jokes about national security system, wow, that's ironic, isn't it, considered you're now a police officer?" said Katherine gave him an awkward smile

"Nope that's why I work here to fix it myself, so what do you need to come here, Katherine?" ask Cameron to Katherine pointing a place for them to talk about the case

"I have experienced several threats recently, I was sent a letter from an unknown address, and it contained threats, I want you to find out who sent it and why." said Katherine handing those letters to Cameron

"Alright, is this all your report or are there any other threats?" ask Cameron to Katherine while looking at those letters

"No, that's all" replied Katherine getting up from her seat

"Alright then, I will inform you later if I have found clarity regarding this letter, oh and see you at the reunion event." said Cameron gave her a warm smile and walking away to a investigation room

Countinued...

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