When Levi looked back at Petra after she had noticed the presence dissapearing, he could see the increased panic and fear in her eyes. He wasn’t sure what was going on exactly, but he had a good feeling that whoever that figure was, Petra must have known who it was.
“Of course. I’ll take you home,” Levi offered. He gently placed a hand on Petra’s back to walk away with her, keeping an eye on their surroundings as they walked in order to make sure they weren’t followed by the figure. He remained silent and kept the woman clos to him as they walked. Once they got to his car, he opened the door for her before he also got in and locked the doors.
“If you tell me where you live, I will drive you there,” Levi offered. He started up his car and drove away, waiting for the woman to begin talking if she wanted to. “You don’t have to talk about it right now if you don’t want to,” Levi said. “Just focus on calming down for now.”
Petra gave him a nod, her eyes darting to the ground when he gave her the gentle push to lead her from the building. She felt the odd, overwhelming guilt towards the situation. As if, if she told someone what was going on, then it would just be proof that her father was right about her not being able to handle herself. But she knew this thinking and illogical. Levi wasn’t her father, he was her friend, and this situation was starting to get out of hand. She needed an opinion on it, even if it felt like admitting defeated.
“Oh, thank you.. Here, I’ll pull up my gps..”she got into the car first before letting her shaky hands fiddle with the phone. She appreciated his understanding and gave him a nod. She stayed silent for a long moment, listening to the digital voice giving out directions. She finally took a deep breath, mentally scolding herself to stay together.
“There’s this man. He’s another student in my academy. He had been really persistent in getting a date with me, even though I told him time and time again that I had no interest. Some how he got my number and started to send me really disturbing text messages. I threatened to report him, and the messages stopped for a couple days, but--” she swallowed. “He’s clearly taken to following me now.”
