Lizzi Bizzi and the Red Witch by Stefano Pastor

Author:Stefano Pastor [Pastor, Stefano]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Novella
Publisher: Illusion
Published: 2017-09-19T18:30:00+00:00

«So, we got up on the roof».

Andrei interrupted him.

«Is it possible that none of you have come to look out for a window and cry out for help?».

«But there was nothing, nothing outside of us. Outside it was dark, very dark. There was no trace of life. Just looking at those black glasses dreaded. None of us had the courage to approach, let alone touch them».

Andrei was astonished: what the man was saying was absurd, he had no sense.

«On the roof all happened in a moment. I do not know how to explain it. There was no time to do anything, even to think. Those who tried to reach the edges were the first. Everyone ran, yelling. I did not resist, I was terrified, locked in the closet, and I plugged all the holes with a rag, as the Chinese had told me. I locked the door with the sticks. Outside they stopped shouting almost immediately. Then the door began to shake. I thought it was over for me too. Instead it worked and left».

«Who?».

«I do not know, I do not know, I have no idea. I have not seen anything. I tried not to see, I even taped the window to not be seen. I do not know what happened out there. I only remember the screams, I will never forget them»

Andrei could not believe it.

«Is absurd! A roof full of people screaming and nobody noticed anything!»

Almost I did not recognize my voice: how calm and cold it was, determined. What was happening to me?

«This house is taller than the others. Look around: they are all houses of three, four floors at most. And then it was the peak time, the streets full of traffic. Look, though, even if you pretend to scream, it’s hard to hear it from this height».

«And the nonsense on the glasses? Do you have an explanation for this too?».

«No, I have no idea»

Andrei weighed the situation.

«We go down. All we have to do is look at the cellar».

Mr. Durante started screaming again.

«Not you, of course. I’ll take you to the hospital».

«With the helicopter?».

«Please, be silent. You go down with us!».

The man kept whining, but he let the cops carry him with them, in front of the stairs they were forced to lift him.

The most terrible time was when I had to pass next to Guido’s wheelchair. I forced myself to look at it. All my fears, my anguish, my sorrow, strengthened my hate, that deadly mixture of ice and fire that supported me. A ruthless, monstrous hate, which I never dreamed of being able to test, against anyone who had accomplished those horrors. It was this to keep me alive and I was looking for any pretext to feed it.

Andrei was at my side and never left me. He looked at me with fear, trying to interpret my feelings, for his good fortune without being able to do it completely. The descent was a nightmare: none of us had the courage to enter the elevator and the stairs seemed endless.

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