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“We got out the back door, Mom!”

Jenni crushed her sons tightly against her body, their sainst hers Benji’s arainst her flesh

“Mommy! Daddy is scary!” Benji wept and thrust one tiny thumb into his mouth

Jenni s, and thanking God for their survival, she pulled them away from the house

“Moet away! Dad is crazy! Mom, he’s crazy!” Mikey exclaimed

“We’ll get away! I promise We just have to wait a minute or two and Katie will be here in a white truck,” Jenni answered hi his hand

“Who, Mom?”

“Katie She’s co to save us,” Jenni assured him She looked back toward the house warily and saw Lloyd was now banging on thenext to the front door Katie would be here at any moment now She remembered from

Scowling, she stood on her front lawn, trying not to think too hard about as happening, of what had happened before

Shaking her head, she looked toward the house Thesplintered and glass rained down Lloyd began to push his way out

“Mom! Mom! Where is Katie?”

Mikey was holding her hand so tightly, he was crushing her fingers Benji sobbed loudly, his wet face against her neck, his tiny fingers gripping the collar of her nightgown

“She should be here! She should be arriving right now!” Jenni dragged Mikey further fro the cold asphalt of the street The road remained empty The white truck was nowhere to be seen Jenni whirled around, her black eyes scanning her neighborhood for the white truck that should be their salvation

“Mo at Lloyd, who had crashed to the ground outside the house and was struggling to get up

“Katie, where are you?” Jenni screamed