"Anita? Is that you?” he asked, just to be sure. He had forgotten to save her number when she had given him a missed call the other day.
“Y-yeah, you said I could call you if I needed help….”
She paused to wipe a sniffle. Martin realized that she was crying. He was on full alert now. Something had to be wrong in order for her to be asking for help.
“What happened?” he kept his voice steady and calm, despite the fact that his heart was racing. Was this just another coincidence? Surely something wouldn’t have happened to the woman again, so soon after a traumatic event? Definitely not at the same time that he was checking out Joseph’s place.
"I just got back from work a-and I saw that my front door had been forced open... S-someone must have broken in!” she said, obviously panicked.
“Have you gone inside yet?”
“No! I don’t know if someone is still inside-”
“Good. Keep calm and wait outside. Give me your address and I’ll be there right away,” Martin said. He was a bit relieved that she had the sense to stay out of the house until it was cleared. who knew what would happen if she went inside and the intruders were still there? While Anita gave him the information he needed to get to her place, he was running to his car. By the time he hung up, he was in the vehicle and driving down to see what in the world had happened to Anita.
The man who had saved Anita was in a meditative mood of his own. He didn’t quite believe himself when he thought this, but he was sure he’d seen the accident before it happened. When he bumped into her on the sidewalk just a minute before it happened, he got the strongest chill he’d ever experienced. He ‘knew’ something was to happen, though at the time, he hadn’t known what. He wasn’t the kind of man to stand by and watch something he was capable of changing. Even if he hadn’t foreseen the accident as he thought he did, it was the reason he followed her instead of continuing on his way, which he could have very well done. That fast decision was the only reason he’d been there in time to save her. If he being cautious and saving her life as a result didn’t mean anything, he wasn’t sure what did.
There was something about ‘knowing’ that someone was about to die- and that you could do something about it- that changed the way he thought of life. He was positive that the woman he saved knew just as well as he did that if he hadn’t stepped in to help her, she would be dead. No doubt about it.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow…..)
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