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...there was a snowstorm outside the flat  yet the traffic on the roads was as  routine,  everyone was busy  celebrating Christmas,  now it wasn't clear if it was  her  suspicion or reality  but when she entered the taxi  she felt on the nearby  bar entrance  stood alley,  he too like  Oscar got himself drunk,  no reason he would follow her,  he had left her for good,  Lenny ignored it thinking  all was fine  and merely her imagination,  she got down from the taxi and  got into her flat 

Winter was harsh and extremely cold,  the snowstorm  had frozen everything  , she saw several vehicles   frozen to roads  on the way , their engines  frozen,  she quickly  turned the heaters in the two of the rooms  on before  changing,  thedoorbellrang,  , shecouldn'thaveheardthedoorknocking butthe doorbell lightedup thered alertingbulb in her rooms,  she got  it someonewasat thedoorm shelookedatthewatch,  it was two past midnight,  who couldbethat,  shewasn'tmuchsurprised,  nobodyslept on Christmas nights,