Night's Revenge - Two Words Challenge - Jihaan Karjeker

It was a cold night marked with an icy wind forcing her to wrap her coat tightly around herself and tuck her gloveless hands under her arms.  She took slow, deliberate steps prolonging her short walk home through the dark alleys.  Her boots made a steady click clack sound on the hard pavement reminding her how alone she was out here.  She turned her head slightly to look over her left shoulder, sure someone was following her, but she didn't pick up her pace.  She's rather stay and face whatever hid in the shadows out here than confront what she knew waited for her at home.  She didn't stop though.  She knew she couldn't escape it.  Her "punishment".  Her sentence for all eternity.  Being late would only make things worse but she couldn't bring herself to pick up the pace. 

Slowly she rounded the corner that brought her to the front of her dimly lit apartment building.  She sighed and took the 3 small steps leading inside.  Pulling open the grungy front door open she stepped into the tiny hallway.  The elevator had an out of service sign up as usual.  She took the stairs to the third floor and walked carefully towards the white, chipped door that belonged to her apartment.  She stopped and stared at it for a minute, realizing that there was nothing else to do she reluctantly stuck her key in the lock and turned it.