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Ela<strong>in</strong>e was your typical S<strong>in</strong>gaporean girl. She was plann<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
get married very soon and decided to go for a jog, th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g<br />
that maybe she could get slimmer to look stunn<strong>in</strong>g on her<br />
wedd<strong>in</strong>g dress.<br />
Just for some context, S<strong>in</strong>gaporeans have a habit of jogg<strong>in</strong>g<br />
at night s<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong>y don't have time <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> day. The usual<br />
place where she used to jog was under construction, so she<br />
decided to change her route.She found an alternate route<br />
nearby but hesitated s<strong>in</strong>ce that road wasn't very well lit,<br />
with lamp posts scarcely placed along <strong>the</strong> route.<br />
After a little bit of consideration, she cont<strong>in</strong>ued on her<br />
jog, be<strong>in</strong>g extra careful of her surround<strong>in</strong>gs. Her<br />
surround<strong>in</strong>gs were dark and quiet. Almost as if she would be<br />
plunged <strong>in</strong>to complete silence if not for <strong>the</strong> rustl<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>the</strong><br />
trees <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> w<strong>in</strong>d.<br />
She began to feel a little tense. She wasn't used to be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
alone and never was a fan of <strong>the</strong> dark. In <strong>the</strong> corner of her<br />
eye, she spotted this guy, wear<strong>in</strong>g a helmet and dressed like<br />
a food delivery guy. He was jogg<strong>in</strong>g towards <strong>the</strong> same<br />
direction as Ela<strong>in</strong>e but at a faster pace, so he quickly<br />
overtook her.<br />
She noticed <strong>the</strong> sound his boots were mak<strong>in</strong>g as he ran.<br />
"Kong, Kong, Kong"<br />
Although it was a little peculiar for a food delivery man to<br />
be jogg<strong>in</strong>g to his dest<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>in</strong>stead of be<strong>in</strong>g on a<br />
motorcycle or bicycle at least, she felt relieved.<br />
"At least I'm not all alone here", she thought to herself,<br />
allow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> tension <strong>in</strong> her heart to ease. The man<br />
disappeared <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> darkness quickly enough, leav<strong>in</strong>g Ela<strong>in</strong>e<br />
alone <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> dark aga<strong>in</strong>.<br />
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