The Case

By: Cristian

Chapter 9

These weekly catchups have been beneficial for me. Almost like a journal for my adventures.

I knew the masked singer was now very upset and out to get me and my closest acquaintances and maybe my family as well. This brought so much anxiety to my life it was hard to move and even try to live my typical life. I felt like I was being watched. As I remembered from my previous hallucinations and panic attacks my therapist said I should make a schedule and try to stick to it. But I was unsure if this was all in my head this time around….

I opened my laptop as I have every day and made coffee. Immediately as always, I opened my emails inbox to see if I got another email from this criminal. Nothing this time.

Maybe he had decided to move on since I was not part of the force anymore or maybe he noticed how this was affecting personal and professional life?

I guess it was time for me to move on and I needed to shower, so I was preparing to take a hot steamy bath until I heard a knock on the door……

I immediately got dressed back up, turned off the shower and I went to check the door.

As I could see through the peep hole of the door it looked like an African American man, about 6’3 tall with a tattoo over his face that looked like a scar. I have never met this individual before, so I was thinking in the back of my head if I should answer…. Maybe this was all going to end up badly.

My tiny two-bedroom small apartment was a mess as well as my mental health had declined over the past couple of months.

Out of my anxiety, I decided to open the front door and as I took one last deep breath I could hear the man say,

“you may not know me, but I know you’ve been following me. I was the masked singer, that was an old alias I used to use. I am here to discuss with you and figure this all out. Maybe like get my ultimate revenge.”

That’s what I believed I heard but maybe deep down this man wasn’t as bad as I imagined; maybe I was letting my fear get ahold of me.

I decided it was best to listen to him out and ask if he wanted to go to a nearby coffee shop and we could sit down and talk.

I can’t believe I was going through with this….