Chapter 52

My invisible double knew there was nothing he could do to help the dying lady, even if he wanted to. The next moment, he pulled out the glinting 

katana

, without a trace of blood, out of her neck. He looked around as blood began to form a small pool beneath the head of the ‘strange lady.’ Seconds later, he began to walk through the wall into my compound. He never heard the word ‘traitor’ being whispered by the ‘strange lady’ before her eyelids shut permanently as a human being that Saturday evening. Seconds later, I was peering out of my bedroom window when I heard the sound of my 

katana

 being returned to its rack. A small crowd had appeared around the ‘strange lady,’ while a police pickup and an ambulance arrived at the scene. 

I knew I had to remain indoors for the rest of the day in order not to be implicated in the death of the ‘strange lady.’ I felt bad for the trouble I’d brought upon my neighbor, in front of whose gate the strange lady had die