Forest adventure . The beginning !
Cold weather. It's late autumn. It's time for Olga to prepare all the customers in the store for closing time. It's almost 11 pm. At 11:15 pm, it's the last bus that can take her home. And it wouldn't be a problem, it's only three kilometers to the house, which is the place to go. "Sule Forest", a forest that has been told that it is haunted and many events take place there during the night.
Many of the customers were understanding and agreed to leave and give the girl a chance to catch the means of transportation. But behind the terrace, at a table with two chairs, sat Liviu, the boy who cleaned almost daily in front of the store and as a reward, Olga, every night offered him a glass of beer and some food. He had just entered and had not finished eating, so he promised the girl that if he lost the bus because of him, he would go and drive her home.
"Great," Olga said, "I'll have time to get everything ready for tomorrow morning and I'll be able to have a quiet coffee."
They decided to do so, without having the slightest idea what was going to happen.
Olga is a very good and respectful girl, she is 23 years old, she did a training school for saleswomen and at the same time she took some courses at the finance-banking faculty. She never had a serious friend, so she wasn't very sociable when it came to talking about boys. His parents had a modest life and offered him the minimum in childhood and school, so he did his best to live on what he produced after the service.
The trust and friendship with Liviu arose in very transparent circumstances. He is looking for a place where he can eat with as little money as possible and she is looking for someone to clean the area in front of the store. There were situations when there was not much to clean and Liviu had little to do, but even then he received some food.
23:30 MINUTES
It was 11:30 p.m., the last chance to get on the bus was lost. Until the exit of the locality, there are a few more houses, many of which are uninhabited and there are no bulbs for public lighting. Liviu has a flashlight, a bit small, but at least he will be able to see a few meters in front of them. He is not a Hercules or a Supermen, he is a normal boy of average height, 1.76 m and he did not even make a sprt until the age of 26 he is. But he's pretty brave, or rather he wants to be brave in Olga's face, because he's just a man, right?
The last house on the right, at the exit of the commune, was for a long time, a place where most of the boys in the lower circle of society gathered, drunkards, beggars and may have been a good host for those fleeing the law. .
23:40 MINUTES
They passed Uncle Costel's house, that was the name of the house, and it was named after his grandparents, who also knew it from their parents. It has not had electricity for several years, so it must have been dark and it should not have been visible even downstairs. But in the attic of the house, a pretty bright light could be seen through the window from the road, and inside there were a few silhouettes moving, agitated, from one side of the room to the other.
"Let's hurry, it's not good for them to see us passing by at this hour,"
Liviu said and grabbed Olga's hand. They hurried their pace, and every meter they looked back, hoping that those in the room would not see them.
But never, in such situations, does it happen the way we want it to. Only a few tens of meters away, you could hear the gate opening and some footsteps rushing towards them.
"Let's get into these bushes, let's wait and see who comes, maybe they don't have anything to do with us,"
said Olga, who was frozen with fear. On the side of the road there are many areas where there are smaller trees that over time have shrunk with bushes. But you can't hide, or if you do, you have to lie down so you don't see it. Liviu turned off the light from the flashlight and thought it was the best idea to do as Olga said, and they went into those bushes together.
On the way, from the village, two people started walking, who were walking quite hurriedly.
In the light of the moon they could not clearly distinguish how old they were, but according to the speed with which they walked they were not too old. They passed a few meters away from the two when one of them, in a hoarse voice, said:
"Let's go back Vasile, I think they ran away when they heard us. I don't think there was anyone in our area who knew us and called the police. Let's go back and call Ovi and maybe take the bikes and go let's see who got on the road "
"I don't want to go back to jail, John, for someone who may have seen us here. "I'm not going and taking a bike on Ovi," said the other.
23:50 MINUTES
The clouds began to gather in the sky and the moon was out of sight. The darkness had become so frequent that Liviu could no longer see Olga, who was inches away from him.
"I heard about the three, they are the ones who broke into the houses in the neighboring village and raped the girls of the owners. They were caught by the police three years ago, is it possible that they escaped and came to us in the village? "We are really in danger. Let's try to cross the hill directly through the forest and maybe we'll avoid meeting them on the way."
Liviu said in a weak voice and trembling with fear.
"Olga, why don't you answer? Say something too! It's good to do that or you have a better idea", Liviu tried to ask her face.
She didn't answer anymore, she was shaking from all sides, especially since she had heard of those people too and one of the raped girls was a friend of hers. With a heart like a flea, he held Liviu's hand and answered:
"We do what you think is best, I just want to get home safely, I leave myself in your hands and I follow you where you want, even if it is mandatory to go through" Sule Forest ".
"Sule Forest" is the next chapter where we will see what happened to the two and if they managed to escape.
The characters and the essence of this story are pure imagination.