outside…”
“Sneaking around?” He asks, grunting as he sits up, throwing her covers off of him. “What do you mean sneaking around?”
Lily hurries back over to the window, standing on her tip toes once again to look back outside.
“They came from over there,” She points. “Under the light by my neighbours fence and ran into my yard before going behind the fence beside my driveway. I watched their headlights pull up.”
“It’s not one of your neighbours?” He asks, standing up and stretching his arms over his head as he walks towards her before wrapping his arm around her waist and resting his chin on the top of her head as he looks out the window into the night.
“No.” She says, shaking her head as she turns to look up at him. “Most of my neighbours are old people.”
She jumps as she hears a loud thud, come from her patio door in the kitchen as something bangs against the tempered glass.
“Oh, my God!” She panics, her body shaking as she covers her mouth with her hand. “Someone’s trying to break into my house!”
Jason lets out a heavy sigh from his nose, his jaw tightening as the hear another thud.
“Let me check it out.” He whispers to her, his voice scratchy as he walks towards her doorway.
He looks down the hall before looking back at her.
“Lily, stay here.” He says, holding his hand out with his palm forward towards her as he steps out of the bedroom.
She nods her head, her legs trembling, weak with fear as she rushes towards her bedroom door, following him anyway.
She walks up behind him, keeping her distance as Jason peeks his head around the corner from the hallway, looking into the kitchen.
“What the fuck…” She hears him whispers under his breath as she peeks around him herself.
She gasps, her hand covering her mouth as she backs up down the hall after her eyes gaze upon a leather jacketed man, one of the very men from earlier that night who tried to mug her, as he tries to pry open her patio door.
“What’s happening!?” She whispers, holding her hands against her chest.
Jason slowly reaches around the corner, dragging his fingertips against the wall as he searches for the light switch.
He collides with the cover before taking a deep breath and flicking on the kitchen light, illuminating the whole room from the bowl covered bulb in the center of the ceiling.
“That fucker!” He says, walking into the kitchen as he watches the man breaking in get spooked from the light before running across the back yard and hopping over the back fence.
Jason unlocks the patio door, pushing it open as he storms into the backyard, his eyes scanning around for any signs of the man.
He turns his head, looking out into the darkness on the left as he hears the sound of a rumbling engine close by before it speeds off into the distance.
Lily walks into the kitchen, letting out a shaking breath as she makes her way over to the patio door before stepping outside into the yard with Jason.
“Is he gone?” She asks, looking around before looking up at his furrowed eyebrows.
“Yeah, but I only heard one engine. You’d think they’d be all together.” He says.
“I think I only heard the one.” She whispers to him, listening to the crickets as she tries to remember.
“Yeah, it must have been just the one.” He says, following her back into the kitchen.
She hurries her way over to the phone on the wall beside her fridge, picking it up and putting it to her ear to listen to the dial tone.
“What are you doing?” He asks, walking over to her before stopping her hand as she reaches up to the number pad.
“What are you talking about? I’m calling the fucking police!” She says, pulling her hand away from him. “Someone tried to break into my house!”
“You can’t do that.” Jason replies, taking the
“Sneaking around?” He asks, grunting as he sits up, throwing her covers off of him. “What do you mean sneaking around?”
Lily hurries back over to the window, standing on her tip toes once again to look back outside.
“They came from over there,” She points. “Under the light by my neighbours fence and ran into my yard before going behind the fence beside my driveway. I watched their headlights pull up.”
“It’s not one of your neighbours?” He asks, standing up and stretching his arms over his head as he walks towards her before wrapping his arm around her waist and resting his chin on the top of her head as he looks out the window into the night.
“No.” She says, shaking her head as she turns to look up at him. “Most of my neighbours are old people.”
She jumps as she hears a loud thud, come from her patio door in the kitchen as something bangs against the tempered glass.
“Oh, my God!” She panics, her body shaking as she covers her mouth with her hand. “Someone’s trying to break into my house!”
Jason lets out a heavy sigh from his nose, his jaw tightening as the hear another thud.
“Let me check it out.” He whispers to her, his voice scratchy as he walks towards her doorway.
He looks down the hall before looking back at her.
“Lily, stay here.” He says, holding his hand out with his palm forward towards her as he steps out of the bedroom.
She nods her head, her legs trembling, weak with fear as she rushes towards her bedroom door, following him anyway.
She walks up behind him, keeping her distance as Jason peeks his head around the corner from the hallway, looking into the kitchen.
“What the fuck…” She hears him whispers under his breath as she peeks around him herself.
She gasps, her hand covering her mouth as she backs up down the hall after her eyes gaze upon a leather jacketed man, one of the very men from earlier that night who tried to mug her, as he tries to pry open her patio door.
“What’s happening!?” She whispers, holding her hands against her chest.
Jason slowly reaches around the corner, dragging his fingertips against the wall as he searches for the light switch.
He collides with the cover before taking a deep breath and flicking on the kitchen light, illuminating the whole room from the bowl covered bulb in the center of the ceiling.
“That fucker!” He says, walking into the kitchen as he watches the man breaking in get spooked from the light before running across the back yard and hopping over the back fence.
Jason unlocks the patio door, pushing it open as he storms into the backyard, his eyes scanning around for any signs of the man.
He turns his head, looking out into the darkness on the left as he hears the sound of a rumbling engine close by before it speeds off into the distance.
Lily walks into the kitchen, letting out a shaking breath as she makes her way over to the patio door before stepping outside into the yard with Jason.
“Is he gone?” She asks, looking around before looking up at his furrowed eyebrows.
“Yeah, but I only heard one engine. You’d think they’d be all together.” He says.
“I think I only heard the one.” She whispers to him, listening to the crickets as she tries to remember.
“Yeah, it must have been just the one.” He says, following her back into the kitchen.
She hurries her way over to the phone on the wall beside her fridge, picking it up and putting it to her ear to listen to the dial tone.
“What are you doing?” He asks, walking over to her before stopping her hand as she reaches up to the number pad.
“What are you talking about? I’m calling the fucking police!” She says, pulling her hand away from him. “Someone tried to break into my house!”
“You can’t do that.” Jason replies, taking the
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