ISABELLE

I heard the front door open and I could feel and hear my heart beat faster and louder, loud enough that I was sure whoever had just walked in could hear it.

I wasn’t supposed to get caught in the room in an house in entering for the second time.

“Was it his babe?”i thought for a moment as I retraced my steps back to the kitchen, pretending to reach for a glass of water.

I sighed as the cold water hit my throat, calming the anxiety riling up in me.

As the person walked in acting all familiar to the surroundings, he headed up the stairs but froze...