Tanner’s eyes were very piercing but I had never seen the look he was giving me as he made his way to the front door. The look was simple and fierce... The look said I am going to take you now.He rang the doorbell, what could I do? I had to answer it. With dishtowel still in hand I opened my front door and started to say “What are you doi....” but was abruptly cut off.Tanner did not speak a word as he stepped through the front door, not stopping, forcing me to take a couple of steps back, just. In fact he said, he was very happy, and hoped I liked my lunch. I noticed he had not brought his own lunch. I had forgotten to tell him to do that. I would fix that later, but at the moment I was enjoying the fact that he could not take his eyes off my pendant. I asked if he had had a good night. He hesitated, but told me he had gone out with his fiancée and gone home early. He hesitated again and stopped. I leaned back and twirled my pendant just a little, and asked was that all. He swallowed. Aanal eppadi oru penne vanthu en idam pesi ennai ooka mudiyum athanaal avargal en meethu aasai patalum naan ethum seiyamale irupen. Ipadiye naatkal kadanthu sendrathu, enaku en annani pidikave pidikathu eppozhuthum munju kaatikonde irupaan.Ennai enneramum thitikonde thaan irupaan, avanuku thirumanam seiya povathaaga engal veetil solinaargal. Naan niraiya anni kama kathaigal padipen, athil ennai pola kozhunthan thaan hero vaaga irupaan. Anni udan jolyaga enjoy seivathu elam athil irukum, athai. “Must be nerves” I said in a whisper and continued to make my way down the dark alley.There it was again there was definitely something or someone here in this alley as well as me. No going back now I was closer to the end now than I was to where I’d entered and it was hard to pinpoint exactly which direction the noise came from. I decided now would be a really good time to pick up the pace and get out of here fast.The noise which I could clearly make out now as footsteps was getting closer but.