THE HITCHHIKER

Andrea had just gotten into the car and had taken the road to Brockbourne, where she lived with her husband. It was a winter day, there was not much cold in the car, but the trees bending in the winter air and the snow heaped near the street made her feel chilly.

She wanted to listen to the radio, but it had been stolen two weeks ago in the car park near her office in London, so she felt lonely too.

Suddenly she saw an old lady with a big shopping bag on one side of the street, holding a sign saying “Brockbourne”. She did not usually pick up hitchhikers when she was alone, but she felt sorry for the woman so she decided to give her a lift to the Brockburne.

The lady was broad and fat, and wore a long, shabby dress. But Andrea felt that something was wrong and the lady was dangerous. She saw sideways to the woman, without turning her head, and noticed she had hairy arms… the old woman was a Man!

Andrea was terror-stricken, but she had an idea. She said she had seen a child and she thought to have hit him. So, she told the man to check what had happened. As the man got out of the car, Andrea sped off and fled away.

When she was far away the hitchhiker, she remembered about “her” big shopping bag. So she stopped, put it on her lap and opened it. There was a sharp axe, dirty with dried blood.

Andrea started screaming.