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Mih the kitchenabove the sink, but all she could see was a dark e in the corners, where the shadoould essentially hide them That’s where she would be if s

he was lurking in so in—

Thump! Thump!

This time, she could have sworn she felt the walls on the house vibrate Was soe?

Thump! Thump!

Miate, but it’s what every dumb blonde did in every dumb slasher movie she’d ever seen And Mimi was no dumb blonde But she was as terrified as one She could call 911, but as a cop’s wife, she hated to activate the e

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Her hands began to shake

Okay That was not nothing And this time she could identify the direction of the noise It was coht side of the house where her bedrooht (it could also double as a weapon if needed) from the kitchen drawer and crept back to her room

Thump! Thump!

Yes, it was definitely co from this part of the house

She tried to calht She needed to formulate a plan Okay So she would calmly (very calmly) push back the blinds on her bedroo Her cell phone She’d forgotten about that She’d need it in case she did see so

She got down on her hands and knees, sca the edge of the flashlight, she pushed aside the blinds and popped her head up to look out thebut it was too dark to see clearly Should she point the flashlight toward the darkness? Or should she—

Thump! Thump!

She immediately hit the bedroom floor