While walking home recently, very late at night, I was suddenly aware that I was being followed. That’s what it felt like, anyway. I turned a corner and heard the same pair of footsteps behind me. I raced across the street to catch the green pedestrian light, and the person behind me did the same. It seemed like whenever I sped up, he sped up. If I slowed my steps, his would match my pace. It was creepy.
The problem was, he was close enough that if I turned around, I would be admitting to both of us that I was creeped out. If it turned out, as was likely, that he was just another guy walking home on a dark night, by stopping and glancing
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