The Mystery Behind Maria

She heard footsteps approaching her as she briefly closed her eyes due to the discomfort in her ears. A woman's kind voice spoke up.

"Maria, Maria, Maria" was a voice she recognized. Her eyes slowly opened. Beside her was the woman seated on the white bench. When she saw the woman, she was taken surprised and even a little uneasy. With a terrified voice, Maria said, "You...you, how did you get here?" Shh, don't worry, they're just singing." "Now take your hands off your ears," the woman ordered Maria. Maria ought to stop covering her ears with her hands. The woman answers Maria's question about why she can't hear cries or pandemonium around her with an innocent grin. She starts to feel less afraid. She always felt at ease when the woman was close by. "I followed you because I was watching you come up here," the woman retorted.

Maria undoubtedly answered, "Thank you, Miss. I mustn't be here." Maria straightened out.

"You were meant to be here, Maria," the woman remarked, her smile growing.

"You are the ears, Maria; you are our way." Maria heard those words whispered. In an instant, the woman vanished from view. The woman's gentle, heavenly whisper transforms into a stern, icy voice that approaches from behind her. "You're not supposed to hear this, kid! Maria noticed a tall, black man with a book in his right hand and thick, transparent eyeglasses on. Maria recognizes the man crossing her path as one of the school's teachers. In the end, she apologized. Return to your room right away!Maria fled to the stairs to descend out of concern that she would be taken to the principal's office, but before she could do so, a man yelled,

"Never come back here or else you'll hum like they do." Maria was alarmed by this statement. She noticed the Man's sly smile as she gazed at him.

When she arrived at her classroom, she saw that their lesson was about to end. When she returned home early, she discovered that her brother had packed his belongings for his internship, which would take him to a city nearby. Before leaving the house, her older brother had prepared the foods for her. Maria made the decision to get a toasted bread and a cup of coffee. Her coffee was still hot, so she decided to swung once she finished preparing her snacks and carried them outside to their yard, where she set them on the wooden table. She remembers the incident that occurred in their school as she swings. She became aware that once more, she had neglected to say goodbye or have a long talk with the woman. She questions why she never asked the lady's name. And how the woman may just as quickly emerge on her path and vanish without saying anything. She realizes when she stops swinging that her coffee will undoubtedly warm up. When she finally got the coffee, it was still hot. She was baffled because she had left it to grow heated for more than ten minutes.

She never lets herself overthink things, so she started eating the toasted bread and waited for the coffee to warm up next to her. The main road is not far from their garden. She observed passing cars. She took a taste of her coffee once it had heated through. She hears a whistle on the corner of the road as she places the coffee cup on the wooden table. A girl appeared and waved to her. The uniform  the girl was wearing was the same as hers. Even though Maria instantly recognized that she hadn't even seen the girl at her school, she still waved back. The girl gave her a smile and went for a stroll.

The girl ignored Maria as she turned to accept her invitation to grab a bite. The girl continued to walk as she moved away from Maria's sight. While the girl was gone, she noticed blood running at her back. In an instant, the girl vanished from Maria's view. She moved back in panic, letting her knees crash against the table and the cup fall to the floor. Maria felt a pair of chilly hands tightly strangling her neck from behind. She couldn't see who was doing it, but she could hardly tell it was a man's hands.

The chokehold tightened, and Maria's breathing became ragged. He hears the guy choking her laughing before she loses consciousness. "Mariaaaaaaaaaa!"