Raggedy Ann

By Chanuga Rollins

 

Just two days away from Halloween it was Jamie’s yearly pilgrimage to his parent's grave. Although Jamie only lived thirty minutes away he hated coming to the cemetery the whole experience brought him down.

He was just finishing up cleaning and trimming around his parent's grave when he stood up to stretch his back, that’s when he noticed a person, possibly a woman judging by her shape and size standing near some trees, she was wearing a Raggedy Ann mask. What the fuck was this he thought, the figure didn’t move, it just kept staring at him. He also looked around and noticed that he was the only one left in the cemetery, must be a prank he thought, good one.

Unfortunately for Jamie, his car was parked right near Raggedy Ann. All finished cleaning up his parent's grave Jamie gathered up his rake, clippers, and bags then headed for his car, I’m not afraid of this crazy person he kept saying in his mind.

With his hands full he walked to his car and smiled at Raggedy Ann, just feet away this crazy person pulled out a very big knife and stabbed Jamie’s tire. Jamie shocked, screamed out why did you have to do that, I don’t have a spare tire you bitch, with one swift motion Jamie hit Raggedy Ann in the head with his rake knocking her out. How the fuck do you like that he shouted, while Raggedy Ann was on the ground Jamie checked her pockets but there was no ID, and Raggedy Ann was a female. He put his things in the trunk of the car and tried to figure out what to do because he couldn’t leave his car there.

Crossroads Cemetery was huge something like eight acres, a lot of it wooded, the closest neighborhood was over a mile away so pushing his car was out of the question. So, he got in the car and started it up, slowly he put it into gear and tried to drive away, he figured that if he drove it real slow maybe he could make it to a service station somewhere.

Unfortunately, Raggedy Ann was coming to, the bitch ran over to the car and stabbed another tire. Jamie got out of the car in a rage but so did Raggedy Ann, she charged him with her knife. Unarmed Jamie didn’t really have a choice but to run as this crazy bitch took swipes at me with the knife.

Not thinking clearly Jamie ran into the woods, Raggedy Ann must have been a track star because she was right behind him every step of the way. She was so close to him that he couldn’t find a place to hide. Getting tired and in pain Jamie found a large thick tree branch, he quickly picked it up and let her have it, right across her face. This time this crazy bitch wasn’t getting up, he kept bashing in her skull until blood was everywhere.

When he felt like she was gone, he bent down and removed her mask. This crazy person wasn’t a kid. When he pulled her hoodie off and her mask, she had gray hair; she was possibly in her mid-60s. Jamie knew better than to disturb a crime scene, so he used his cell phone to call the police. He had to walk around a bit to get reception.

Before long the area was filled with law enforcement, one of the Detectives said that they were looking for her, she escaped from a mental facility a couple months ago and no one has seen her since. She was being held for killing her husband and five other people a few years ago, Jamie told the Detective that he vaguely remembered that incident.   

Jamie was happy that he wasn’t going to be charged with murder, they said that it was a clear case of self-defense. When everything at the scene was winding down, the Detective told Jamie he knew a tow truck guy who would come and get me. Jamie thanked him for calling his friend, no problem the Detective said, Happy Halloween!

The end.