It was all in her head!

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It was all in her head!

Sandra thought she had heard someone calling her. She looked about her in the nearly empty street, trying to locate where she thought her name could have come from. She shrugged and started on again, walking leisurely and using her smartphone to chat. Then, she stopped again. This time she thought she had really heard her name. She frowned and look about her. Something wasn't right here. She did a 360 turn, searching with her eyes, her lips moving, the words a whisper. A lady hawking bread gawked at her as she walked past. Sandra caught herself, resumed her walk and pretended not to be disturbed.

As she got nearly to the end of the street, she noticed a man dressed entirely in black, watching her. The stranger reached into his waistband and brought out a semi-automatic firearm. He pointed the muzzle at her. Sandra froze for about a millisecond then took off on a run, all the while shouting, "Help! He wants to kill me!". The few people on the streets were wondering what was happening. She noticed, even as she ran, that no one else seemed to be panicked but they all watched her with cautious curiousity. When she turned back to look, she discovered her assailant had vanished into thin air. She stopped, puzzled.

"Did you- did you see the man... with the gun?". She stammered at an Aboki close by who replied in the negative. He was looking at her in a strange way. Sandra suddenly became afraid as the reality of the situation hit her.

"Oh God!, I'm losing my mind!"

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