Don't Blink
“With one hand I was dialing 911; with the other I was groping for a light switch in the hallway.
Kate beat me to it. Flick!
The hallway lit up brightly as my eyes locked onto hers. She’d come rushing out of her bedroom like her house was on fire. Sweats, T-shirt, panicked expression.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nick, what’s going on?”
“Yeah, what is it?” asked Elizabeth, emerging from her room at the same time.
They both got their answer as the voice of the 911 operator suddenly chimed in on my... phone. It was a woman. Very calm and sure of herself, thank goodness. An emergency professional.
Like that speed talker in those old FedEx commercials, I gave her the address. “There’s a man outside the house,” I said next. “I think he’s about to break in. He’s armed.”
Like a bolt, Kate ran over to Elizabeth, grabbing her hand. “Come with me,” she said. “Right now.”
She led Elizabeth to the stairs heading up to the third floor, the attic.
“Wait, I want to stay with you guys,”MoreLess
Kate beat me to it. Flick!
The hallway lit up brightly as my eyes locked onto hers. She’d come rushing out of her bedroom like her house was on fire. Sweats, T-shirt, panicked expression.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nick, what’s going on?”
“Yeah, what is it?” asked Elizabeth, emerging from her room at the same time.
They both got their answer as the voice of the 911 operator suddenly chimed in on my... phone. It was a woman. Very calm and sure of herself, thank goodness. An emergency professional.
Like that speed talker in those old FedEx commercials, I gave her the address. “There’s a man outside the house,” I said next. “I think he’s about to break in. He’s armed.”
Like a bolt, Kate ran over to Elizabeth, grabbing her hand. “Come with me,” she said. “Right now.”
She led Elizabeth to the stairs heading up to the third floor, the attic.
“Wait, I want to stay with you guys,”MoreLess
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