Five Stories Up by Zeecé Lugo

Author:Zeecé Lugo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: short story, new york city, urban legend, horror about ghost

Chapter Four

It took a while before I saw Robbie come out of my uncle’s basement bodega. There were three men with him, one of them the miserable super. It probably took a lot of convincing and wheedling to get the mean jerk out of the bodega where friends, beer, and a domino table kept the block’s losers entertained late on any given night. Uncle Leo ran numbers from the place, and that’s where he made the real money.

I watched as the small group made their way up the stoop, and then I kept my eyes on the roof line. There were only two ways up and down that roof. You could use the inside stairs and, if you had the key, open the heavy, commercial-grade lock to let yourself into it.

The other way was the firescape, and going up was a lot easier than coming down. It would be tricky finding that first rung with your back to the outside and the wind blowing at you. Before the boy died, there was no lock on the door. Anyone could go up and come down safely.

I kept my eyes on the parapet, expecting to see the mystery man start on his way down, but the minutes passed and nothing moved up there. After a long while, my heart thundered when a figure leaned over, and then there were several of them. Someone trained a flashlight down on me, and I knew it was the super. They must have gotten him. I breathed a sigh of relief.

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