Chapter 120: Daytime Lady Ghost I (1/2)

My name is Chalk; I have a car and a house.

I am an employee of a state enterprise and my wife is extremely beautiful.

However, I have a secret. I am different from everyone else.

I have murdered a woman.

My job was rather unique. I worked at the s.h.i.+pyard.

I am a pilot in charge of testing the s.h.i.+ps.

I have to pay attention to rising and falling tides since they have an enormous impact on the body of the s.h.i.+p.

I worked for a state enterprise, but the company was very poor.

It was poor mainly because our boss is magnanimous. Whenever we receive subsidies for governmental projects, they would be immediately converted into the employees' salaries.

This was also the reason why the company was still unable to afford an indoor wave machine for testing purposes even after 10 years.

As such, we could only rely on the rising and falling tides to do our job.

Every s.h.i.+p and yacht has to be tested before it was put up for sale.

The tide usually rises at around 6 to 9 am.

If it rises at 6 am, I would set out from home at 3 am to the designated site to proceed with the safety tests.

It all started yesterday.

I checked for the timing of the rising tide.

6:30 am.

This meant that I had to set my alarm for 3:30 am before hugging my wife to sleep.

I remembered hearing the alarm twice, but it was already 3:40 am when I got out of bed.

I was done preparing by four and quickly drove to the company.

It has always been quiet and desolate by the seaside, unlike in the bustling city.

The speed limit of the highway along the coast was set at 80km/h but it has always been my habit to drive at 120km/h.

Not once was I fined since there weren't any speed cameras.

The highway was completed last year, but the street lights weren't ready yet.

It was four in the morning and I was still feeling sleepy.

Amidst my groggy state, I saw something.

A floating white silhouette appeared before my eyes.

I took a careful look and saw that it was a lady ghost dressed in a white gown.

My mind went blank.

The lady extended her hands toward me as a long red tongue rolled out of her mouth.

I snapped out of my daze but I couldn't steer away in time.

I don't know what I was thinking back then but I stepped on the accelerator without hesitation.

The next moment, a pool of fresh blood surfaced on my winds.h.i.+eld.

The impact of the collision gave me pain since I had my seatbelt on and the airbag wasn't activated.

I braked and sat rooted to my seat, staring at the bloodstain on my winds.h.i.+eld and forcing myself to calm down.

I looked out and saw the lady lying motionless on the ground not far away.

I could see her legs; they were fair as if telling me that she was a real human.

Upon realizing that, I got off the car, my knees feeling weak.

I noted a rather big dent in the head of the car.

My first reaction was to call 110 but no one picked up.

The police were probably still asleep since it was still very early in the morning.

I thought about my future. I had killed somebody.

Plus, I had been driving at 120.

I thought about the court trial, my wife, and my child.

I switched off my mobile, got back into the car, and tried starting the engine.

It worked.

I drove forward and stopped beside her body.

I alighted and examined the lady carefully.

She had a thick layer of makeup on, but I could tell that she was still a girl.

Quite young and pet.i.te.

I touched my index finger to her nose. She wasn't breathing.

There wasn't anyone around at all.

I looked for cameras but I found none.