The girl on swing

“But it is raining right now and it is quite dark,” said Alex concerned. She just smiles at him. And said, “oh I know that, but I like it that way, it makes me feel at peace, after all, it wasn't so bad it is not a thunderstorm and if you can see me from there, so I assume it wasn't so dark after all isn't it?” Well what she said is right, he still can see her so it was not that dark. “Aren't you afraid, I mean playing here alone in a time like this? He asked. “No, I'm used to it, I have played here for the past 3 years, nothing ever happen to me,” she answered. “Alright then if you said so. Just be careful when you are here. If it keeps raining, you should go back home, alright. Don't stay here too long” Alex said before he bid farewell to the girl. “Thank you so much, don't worry, you take of yourself too sir,” said the girl. Alex then continues to his room. The rain does not seem to stop anytime soon. As he was standing in the rain while talking to the girl just now, he was all wet

It has been two days since Brandon left his friends at the club. Many of them tried to contact him but failed. He even failed to turn up for practice on the weekend. They tried looking for him at his apartment but according to the caretaker, he never return to his apartment. His roommates Alex and Jason also have been searching for him for the past two days. Nobody knows where he went or where he is. Maybe he needed some time to himself and went off grip during the weekend. But it's also highly impossible because Brandon is not like that. He would rather spend his time partying than going off-grid. Meanwhile, near a forest reserve some 50km away from the campus, a police patrol car was called in as a car was found in a ditch. As the place was quite deep, a backup was called in. The police together with a few firefighters and forest rangers went down to the car for inspection. Though the car was badly damaged, they found a naked man lying in the back seat of the car. He was sound asle

What happened to Brandon has caused a wave of gossip amongst the students. Some speculated that he was drunk and had an accident. Others speculated that he was abducted by a ghost and put in that position. Some also speculated that it was all just a prank by his friends. Nonetheless, all the gossip doesn't make sense as there is no evidence as to what happened. According to the police investigation, although Brandon was drunk that night, the was no trace of an accident from the area. It's just that his car was found down the ditch. Second, if it was a prank by his friend, how did they manage to put the car down there. As to the speculation that he was abducted by a ghost, it was far beyond the scope of the duty of the police to investigate that. After all, they are not qualified to make any comment on that at all. The only piece of information that the police had is that he left the nightclub with a girl. The identity of the girl on the other hand is unknown even to his close friends

Brandon stands in front of the sink. He opens the water tap and washes his face a few times. “It cannot be real, isn't it? It's just rumor, there is no truth in it” he whispers to himself. He looks at the mirror in front of him. He looks worried. He looks pale. He washes his face again. He closes his eyes. His memories com flashes in. He still remembers that day, some 5 years ago when he was still a junior in his college. The police had cordoned off the park after a cleaning crew who was doing some Maintainance works at the park found a dead body hanging at the park. It was exactly at the swing that the body was found. They also found a handwritten note with the girl. Since there is no other clue, police have concluded that the girl committed suicide. The post mortem report of the girl was never released and was sealed off by the police. The management of the college later decided to close down the park for good. They had also put up a fence so that no one will ever enter the park any

The next morning, everyone was awake. They pretended as everything was normal. Brandon quickly left for his class while Alex are on the way to the library. Jason on the other hand had just returned from his morning jogging. Everything seems quite normal. Nobody talk about what happened last night nor did anyone seems to care anymore. On his way to the library, Alex passes by the park. He takes a look at the park. It was 9.30 in the morning. The sun shines bright. It was clear that the park has been abandoned for some time. Alex focuses on the swing. It seems as it never ages even a bit. At least to his eyes. The swing looks as if it was newly installed. No wonder his girl always chooses the swing. He forgot what others are saying that the swing was old, broken, and not properly maintained. To him, those people are missing the perfect spot to relax and unwind. Suddenly his phone vibrates. It was one of his classmates. “Alex are you going to class today? What class? Asked Alex. “We have