Stacy’s heart nearly stopped when she heard the whistling. This could not possibly be directed at her, right? But when she turned around, there was little doubt. The unknown man was still looking her up and down with a big grin. But Stacy would make sure to whip that expression of this face in an instant…
“Do you know who I am!?”
At first, the man was looking at Stacy, confused. And he was not the only one. She had yelled at him so loudly that everybody on the street had been stopped in their tracks and took notice of the situation. Eric felt uncomfortable with all those eyes on him…
Eric tried to avoid eye contact with Stacy and pretend like he was not involved with the situation, but Stacy was going to let him get away with it so easily. She marched in his direction and kept repeating the question, seeming to get louder and louder.
“Do you know who I am!!?” “Do you know who I am!!!?” “Do you know who I am!!!!?”
When she was nearly up in his face, Stacy was screaming the question as loud as she could. Eric had no choice but to address her now, and then he suddenly saw it…
Eric’s eyes started going wide as he started to realize who he was actually dealing with. This was not just any ordinary pretty woman walking the streets. He started looking around now, nearly panicking, and quickly spotted what he feared for…
From multiple directions, men in suits were starting to appear, and it was clear that they were coming toward him and Stacy. Other people who were taking in the situation quickly realized what was happening and got out of harm's way. They knew they did not want to be around for what was about to happen next…
Stacy was still fully squared up to Eric. She had stopped screaming at him, but her eyes had not looked away for a second. She knew all these suited-up men were approaching them, and she was probably waiting for them to take action. But Eric was not going to wait…
He realized that he was wrong for whistling at this woman, but he was about to just willingly face the consequences of his actions. He quickly looked around him and saw an alleyway that none of the suited-up men were close to. This was his chance!
He started running away from Stacy and into the alleyway. He heard the woman screaming something after him that he could not quite make out, but it was clear that it was targeted at the suits because they started running after him…
Eric had a bit of a head start, and he was going to use it. The alleyway had many different routes to take, and it did not tackle long before Eric was confident that he lost the suits chasing him. But to be absolutely sure, he dove into a big trash can and hid out there for nearly an hour.
Eric only came out when he knew the man was most likely long gone. He did not want to take any risk here. He knew that he had avoided them for now but that he was not out of trouble. There was no chance that this woman was going to let him get away with this. And he was right…
Eric had put his hood up and started walking towards his home again. He probably does well to lay low for a little bit and let this all blow over. A good plan, but something that he was not going to get the chance for. And that became clear to him when he walked past an electronica shop…
There were TVs in the shop window, and Eric only needed a quick glance at them to get completely stopped in his tracks. He had no idea she would take this kind of action so quickly. The Tv was showing the local news channel, and his face was plastered on every screen…
He did not know how she had managed this, but with the kind of influence this woman could command, it did not surprise him. He just did not realize that simply whistling had gotten them into THIS much trouble…
People beside him were also looking at the TV screens and discussing among themselves. Eric put his hood up a bit more and quickly walked away. He was begging he would not get recognized because people would most likely not hesitate to report him to the police…
When he got home, Eric noticed that his phone was blowing up. Clearly, his friends and family had also seen the wanted message on the news and wanted to know what the hell he had done. What they imagined was probably a lot worse than the truth, but he was still afraid to tell them…
Keeping the truth hidden
If his family found out that he was doing such disrespectful things as whistling to women on the street, they would probably never look the same. But he knew that this way, it was only a matter of time before they would figure it out. And that was probably not even the worst-case scenario
Needing to speak to Stacy
If people reported who he was to the woman, she would probably send those suited-up men after him again. He knew he could not hide out forever and Eric felt like his only chance here was to take action right away. He needed to speak to Stacy one on one…
But he had no idea how he was going to be able to do this. It was not like you could just ring the doorbell of a woman like that. And the chances of him bumping into her on the street also felt like one in a million. But Eric did have an idea…
He knew exactly where Stacy worked. Probably everybody in the city knew that. So maybe he could get an appointment with her if he came up with a very good excuse. She most likely had no idea who he was exactly, so she had no way of recognizing his name…
Eric came up with the plan that he wanted to pitch a potentially very lucrative idea to Stacy but that he could not elaborate much over the phone as he did not want them to claim the idea as their own. But of course, he only said this because he did not have a money-making idea at all.
But luckily for Eric, the assistant he spoke to bought it, and she set up a meeting between him and Stacy. They could not do it today as Stacy was apparently not in good mood (Eric could have a guess why), but they scheduled it for tomorrow.