10/21-Deja Vu

Caroline studied the old man carefully. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but something about him reminded her of someone else. But who? She stared at the old man as he hobbled off the bus. Caroline's mind was boggled and full of questions. "Who does he remind me of? Have I seen him somewhere before, or am I just crazy?" she thought to herself. When the bus came to her stop, she walked off and into her house. "Who is he?" she asked herself once again. Caroline decided to skip dinner today and headed straight to bed. "Was he my husband's father? How come I don't remember him then?" she questioned through out the night. By the next morning, she completely forgot about the old man. She woke up, got dressed, and hopped on the bus to work. This time, she saw the old man through the windows, strolling along on the sidewalk. He stared right back at her with his cloudy and faded colored eyes. The bus pulled off and Caroline was confused once again. Her work day went by slow. She was also coming back home to a empty house. Caroline has lived alone for years since her husband and the kids left her due to financial problems. So she's been fighting depression and even takes medication for it. Which she forgot to take this morning. She rushed off the bus and unlocked the front door of her house. She dashed upstairs to the bathroom. When she entered the bathroom, she was surprised to see the old man in there. He stood there with a rope in his hand. He swiftly grabbed Caroline's hair and dragged her downstairs to the basement. There, he injected her with a needle. She became dizzy and collapsed to the ground. The old man turned around and started to tie a noose around one of the support beams on the ceiling. Caroline sat on the ground helpless. She could only watch the old man set everything up. After, he looks back at Caroline and grabs her once again. He stands her up on a chair and ties the noose around her neck. Caroline couldn't get her mind straight. It must of been whatever was in that needle that was stabbed into her. She stood on the chair observing the old man before the chair was finally kicked out from under her. She dangled from the ropes that were strangling her. Her eyes slowly closed shut, but in a suddenly she woke up in a hospital. She glanced around the room and saw her whole family. They all went into shock when they saw her wake up. "Daddy! She's up! She's up!" Caroline's daughter yelled. Caroline's husband looked over and saw his wife waking up after a coma that lasted for years. "Oh god! Is it true? Are you actually awake?" the husband asked. "What happened?" Caroline requested a answer. "It's true! You're alive! We were about to pull the plug too," the husband said as he hugged her. "Is this true? Was I in a coma? Was I dreaming while I was in it? Is that why I felt deja vu when I saw the old man? That's what it was! I looked my murderer straight in the eyes," she thought to herself. "We'll make sure this never happens again, honey. I swear," promised the husband. Caroline opened her mouth and said, "It wasn't a suicide. It was attempted murder."