Killer Nights

Chapter 39: A Game of Cat and Mouse

As the dusk sun began to set, Jiang Zhengkai finally woke up from his dreamy slumber.  He let out a yawn while still lying down in his reclined driver’s seat.  He then shifted his gaze to A-Jiao’s window, where nothing had changed.  Bored, he took out his cell phone, only to see that it was almost 6PM.  He also noticed the text message icon flashing non-stop.

“Ugh, must more junk texts…” Jiang Zhengkai said as he opened his inbox.  He was about to bulk delete all of his stored text messages when one line of text caught his eye, “Uncle Policeman, you look so stupid when you’re asleep!”

“A-Jiao!” Jiang Zhengkai exclaimed as he abruptly sat up in the driver’s seat.  The drowsiness that had clouded his mind just a moment ago had completely dissipated.  He called the number used to send the text message, but it went straight to voicemail.  He then looked at A-Jiao’s window, but there still weren’t any signs of movement....