Emma
Earlier
The man from the SUV in the garage walked out onto the sidewalk and looked both directions, most likely trying to learn what or who had activated the garage door to rise. Two more steps my direction and I'd be caught. With my body trembling, I watched him through a thick hedge of green with pink flowers. As I did, a bumblebee buzzed near one of the flowers and made a circle around my head.
My hand came to my lips as I stifled a scream.
When I looked back toward the garage, the man was gone, and by the sound reverberating through the air, the garage door was again descending.
Relief flooded my circulation as I let out my breath and dropped to my knees.
It took me a second to realize that my hiding place really wasn't one. I was on a cobblestone pathway between two hedg
