Greetings! Here I show you my entry for this contest, I chose the prompt You go out for dinner and you heard a gunshot.
Midnight Dust
In the evening I went to pick Claudia up at her apartment, she had booked a date in a very intimate and beautiful little restaurant. She got in the car, but she asked me to stop by the university before going to dinner, she needed some papers from the chemistry lab, where we both worked. I waited for her in the car while Claudia looked for what she needed and soon after she came down with what looked like a briefcase, then I drove to the restaurant.
I parked my vehicle very close to the entrance of the restaurant, it was my first date with Claudia, my coworker. Since she recently started working as an assistant in the chemistry lab I had been impressed with her beauty. Claudia was a tall, elegant woman, waist-length black hair, big green eyes, and a beautiful smile, seeing her made me feel like a nervous teenager.
En la noche pasé por Claudia a su apartamento, había reservado una cita en un pequeño restaurante muy íntimo y bonito. Ella subió al auto, pero me pidió pasar por la universidad antes de ir a cenar, necesitaba recoger algunos papeles en el laboratorio de química, donde los dos trabajábamos. Yo la esperé en el auto mientras Claudia buscaba lo que necesitaba y al poco tiempo bajó con lo que parecía un portafolio, posteriormente manejé al restaurante.
Aparqué mi vehículo muy cerca de la entrada del restaurante, era mi primera cita con Claudia, mi compañera de trabajo. Desde que recientemente comenzó a trabajar como asistente en el laboratorio de química quedé impresionado con su belleza. Claudia era una mujer alta, elegante, cabello negro hasta la cintura, grandes ojos verdes y una hermosa sonrisa, verla me hacía sentir como un nervioso adolescente.
As I entered the restaurant, I took Claudia's hand, I felt some masculine glances on her, I felt proud to have that beautiful woman by my side. The night passed by quickly, we talked, and little by little we got to know each other, our tastes, our goals. Claudia got up to go to the dresser, when I saw her walk I noticed her beautiful figure with that tight dress, it fit her like a glove and highlighted her attributes, I was stunned.
Soon after I heard a shot, I became was startled, I heard crying and whispering, people running everywhere. Suddenly I saw Claudia running into my arms, she was trembling with fear, as we could, we made our way through the crowd and left the restaurant.
Al entrar al restaurante tomé la mano de Claudia, sentí algunas miradas masculinas sobre ella, me sentí orgulloso de llevar esa hermosa mujer a mi lado. La noche transcurrió rápidamente, conversamos y poco a poco nos fuimos conociendo, sus gustos, sus metas. Claudia se levantó para ir al tocador, al verla caminar noté su hermosa figura con ese vestido ceñido al cuerpo, le quedaba como un guante y resaltaba sus atributos, yo estaba atontado.
Al poco tiempo escuché un disparo, me exalté y por instinto traté de cubrirme. Todo se convirtió en un caos, escuché llantos y murmullos, personas corriendo por todos lados. De repente vi a Claudia que se acercaba corriendo a mis brazos, temblaba de miedo, como pudimos nos hicimos camino entre la multitud y salimos del restaurante.
When we left we noticed that the place was full of police patrols, we heard that a man had been murdered. As I could, I approached the crime scene, two policemen were watching while they placed a yellow tape around the site, I could just look out and see the disaster, the scene was daunting.
Shortly after, Claudia and I had to give our testimonies to the police at the police station, still nervous, we expressed our surprise and anguish at what happened. When we left very late at night we walked to the car, suddenly Claudia tripped over something and fell to the floor, when I helped her to get up I could see that the soles of her shoes were intensely phosphorescent in the dark of the night, then surprised I remembered the powder that we used in the laboratory.
Al salir notamos que el sitio estaba lleno de patrullas de policía, escuchamos que habían asesinado un hombre. Como pude me acerqué a la escena del crimen, dos policías vigilaban mientras colocaban una cinta amarilla alrededor del sitio, pude apenas asomarme y ver el desastre, la escena era dantesca.
Al poco rato Claudia y yo debimos dar nuestros testimonios a la policía en la comisaria, todavía nerviosos expresamos nuestra sorpresa y angustia por lo sucedido. Al salir de allí ya muy tarde en la noche caminamos al auto,de repente Claudia tropezó con algo y cayó al piso, al ayudarla a levantar pude ver que las suelas de sus zapatos fosforecían intensamente en la oscuridad de la noche, entonces sorprendido recordé el polvo que utilizábamos en el laboratorio.
Claudia is now in jail awaiting trial for the murder of the man from the restaurant, it was her ex-boyfriend, who was harassing her and was jealous of every man that approached her. I thought about it a lot, but I had to go to the police again and tell them what I had seen. That damn dust was on the body of the victim, that dust gave her away that night, accusing her and shining with great intensity as if screaming her guilt.
Claudia ahora está presa esperando juicio por el asesinato del hombre del restaurante, era su exnovio, quien estaba acosándola y sentía celos de todo hombre que se le acercaba. Lo pensé mucho, pero tuve que ir nuevamente a la policía y contar lo que había visto. Ese maldito polvo estaba sobre el cuerpo de la víctima, ese polvo la delató esa noche, acusándola y brillando con gran intensidad como gritando su culpa.
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