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Victoria shot up in bed when she heard the warning signal from her security system that the front door had been opened

She heard the door shut downstairs, followed by the sound of footsteps

Oh my God Someone was in her house

She slid out of bed and grabbed her cell phone fronal stopped, and the house fell silent again

Her heart started thu in her chest when she heard a man’s voice downstairs

“We’re good to go,” he said

Victoria e as her bathroom Her laundry ha dresses Sliding past the clothes, she crouched down and hid behind the hamper

Her hand was tre as she dialed 9-1-1 on her phone

A woency?”

Victoria whispered, her words co out in a rush “My name’s Victoria Slade I live at 1116 North Garner Someone’s broken into my house”

“Is the intruder in your hoht now, ma’am?”

“Yes, I think there are two of the so up the stairs I can’t talk—they’ll hear”

“Ma’am, I’ll stay on the li—”

Victoria turned the volume on the phone all the way down and covered the speaker with her hand Through a small space in between the hamper and the wall, she could see the closet doorway

She held her breath as the footsteps on the hardwood floors grew louder

Acame into view in front of the closet He paused, and then reached for his hip and pulled out a gun

“You sure she hasn’t been horuff voice

Another guy stepped in front of the closet “Yeah, I’m sure Why?”