I turned to check if the car had passed yet, to check if I was safe for a few more seconds. I couldn't see it, I was safe.
BANG.
I nearly jumped out of my skin! A man had got out of a parked car, he must've slammed the door to get my attention, because he was looking right at me. He didn't seem at all surprised by my predicament. I was mortified! Someone had caught me! Not only caught me, but was STARING at me!
My senses came back then, adreneline rushed through my body, I bolted. Ran round the side of the house and hid round the back. Just waited there for a while, hoping nothing would happen.
And nothing did happen. I got up, tried the back door, I sometimes forget to lock it, but wouldn't you know, it was locked! I'd have to try to climb through the bay window at the front of the house, but that meant going back towards the street, back towards the parked car.
A cold wind blew then, I felt my nipples stiffen and once again realised just how vulnerable I was, I had to get back inside! I crept back to the front of the house, willing the street to be quiet. It was, I crept out some more and saw something.
The man. He was still there. Only, now, he was standing right in front of my front door, facing me with a grin on his face. It was just as I began to hide back behind the wall that I noticed his clothes: he was the janitor from the resturant! |