Outsmarted Everyone

It is a clear and silent night and there is no one around. I can hear the beating of my heart as I am walking. I decide to go through the cemetery because it would be much shorter than actually going all the way around. As I am walking I hear the sound of leaves crunching as if someone where following me. I turn around and no one is there. I continue walking faster this time and as go faster the sound of the leaves crunching seems closer. Faster and faster I go until I am practically running. The footsteps to be getting closer and faster too. I start to run as by now I am terrified for my life. I can see the other side of the cemetery, where my house is, but yet the as I run faster I can't seem to reach it. It is as though I am running in place, as if I were on a treadmill. I keep running and extend my hand. I have to reach my house, why can't I reach it? I finally reach the end of the cemetery but as soon as I put one foot on the sidewalk, a hand touches me and I scream.........

I get up still screaming and look at my digital clock, three a.m. Whew, It was only a dream. Why was I going through a cemetery for? Like I would that in real life. I get up from the bed and walk to the kitchen. I take the pitcher of water and gulp it as if I never had water before. That dream really made thirsty, this is way too much water even for me. I go back to my room and lie down. Staring at the ceiling, I decide to turn on the T.V. The television comes on and the news of someone escaping a mental institution is the first to come up. "This just in, a mental patient having been here for only a week, has escaped the Walk of Life Mental Hospital. The person is believed to be a woman but her name is unknown at this time. She is considered extremely dangerous to herself and others at this time. She is between 5 ft 5 in and 5 ft 7 in, with long brown hair and weighing around 120 - 130 pounds. She was wearing blue shirt and blue pants with the logo Walk of Life on the front of the clothing. Police are requesting that anyone fitting this description be brought in for identification."

I flick through the channels trying to find something but do not find anything. Of course, silly, it's three o'clock in the morning what do you think is going to be on? I cannot believe that someone has escaped from the Walk of Life Mental Hospital. I thought that place was supposed to have high security. I guess they don't have that high of a security if someone was able to get out of there. I better go close all my windows. I don't want this person to come in here.

I walk through the house checking for open windows. The guest bedroom no, the bathroom no, the laundry room no, the living room no. I open the door to the basement and walk down. I doubt that anyone could have gotten through that small window but it is worth a try. I reach the bottom of the stairs, turn the light and look around. Everything seems to be in its rightful place. Nothing looks disturbed. I was going to head up the stairs when I noticed something red on the floor in the corner of the basement towards the back of the house. I walk towards it with my flashlight and look down. On the floor is a woman dressed in blue with blood all over. I scream and run upstairs to call 911. The cops arrive and confirm that the woman was the mental patient that had escaped from the institution. She had tried to go through the small window, but as she went through, she shattered the glass and a piece became stuck in her stomach. No one heard her cries for help and she bled to death.

I started to walk away before they realized what I already knew. The woman was not the mental patient she was trying to get out of her home to call for help. I switched my clothes with hers and pretended to be her. No one guessed that I would be that smart. I guess I am.

As she walks further away, the cops realize who she is and run after her but are unable to catch her. She has disappeared into the night.