The man hadn't seen anything.
Child's Mom shook her head.
She hadn't seen anything either.
Just now...
"There wasn't anyone there."
Child's Mom spoke softly.
"Yeah."
The man nodded.
He looked at the little girl with the bowl cut. "There was no one there."
"Anna."
"Mom and Dad didn't see anyone just now."
The street was completely open to view.
After the child stopped at the park entrance, no one had passed by at all.
"How could that be?!"
The little girl blurted out.
"She just..."
The little girl grew agitated.
She pointed down the street.
"She walked right through here just now."
"She was wearing a black dress."
"The dress was very long."
"The hem dragged on the ground."
"...She walked past like this..."
The little girl's eyes widened.
Her parents' surprise at not seeing the shadow...
For the moment, it overshadowed the shock and fear the shadow had left her with.
The little girl was surprised...
But the man and Child's Mom were even more surprised.
They were both starting to feel a faint dread.
This child...
Could she...
"Anna."
Child's Mom's expression grew serious. "Tell Mommy."
"Tell me honestly..."
"Did you just..."
"Really see a shadow walk right past your dad and me?"
After her initial shock, Child's Mom had actually felt... that the child was telling the truth.
Not that she believed what the child said had really happened.
Rather, the child herself believed it had.
At the time...
The child had looked at them with an expression of—
No.
In the child's eyes, she had seen the terror on their faces as the shadow passed by...
It had looked so real.
The little girl was starting to get scared.
She was flustered and confused.
She parted her lips.
The