Was it really real?

He just adamantly refused and I had to go to get him fags from the shop in the street ahead. But it was too late to get them then. Despite going straight, I began walking diagonally in the hope of some light coming out of the shop. As I went closer, I got surprised to see the shopkeeper standing kind of mesmerized. I asked for fags, he handed them to me. And I turned back. I had hardly taken 10 steps when felt the surrounding complete silent. Just then I looked behind and got terrified to see the shop closed.