Ā Ā Enrolling on that open-24-hours gym had certainly been one of the best decisions that Scarlett had taken all year, last year. With her hectic schedule, it was hard to tell when she would have time to hit the gym and she couldnāt afford the luxury of having a two-hour time slot in his day, every day, at the same hours. And that was one of the few fitness centers in Atlanta that never closed, so she neednāt worry about punctuality anymore. Yet that was not the only reason that made her choose that specific gym. It had a huge swimming pool underground that was also open for use all night long. An avid swimmer since childhood, Scarlett couldnāt decline the opportunity of having a swimming pool all to herself, all night (for that was the time in which the gym had fewer attendees, and, usually, the time slot that he had available for exercising).
Ā Ā That was another one of those long nights that she spent at the gym. Swimming, or simply enjoying the calm and the silence that the lonely pool providedā¦ It was something, she found, that helped keep her mind away from issues that she wanted to avoid, at least for the time being. And most importantly, exercising kept her away from, not just thoughts, but a habit that she had been trying to avoid, as of recentā¦ And so, there she was, in the silent, isolated pool. After having done a few rounds, she found herself quietly contemplatingā¦ That is before her train of thought was cut off by an abrupt noise in the distance. Someone seemed to be coming by the desolated pool areaā¦ No one was supposed to be there at that hour. Well, no one except herself and herself only.
Ā Ā Ā Curious, and slightly worried, she immediately asked, ā Who's there? ā
