Kyle?
Impossible. Even if he figured out she had escaped and guessed the direction she ran in, how could he possibly know she was hiding on an inconspicuous slope along the way?
It made no sense.
Then, like a bolt of lightning, she remembered the man who had spoken outside the car window earlier.
Could it be him…?
Maybe he had been hiding nearby all along. After seeing her climb out of the trunk and walk down this road, he started tailing her?
The thought sent her into a panic.
Crouching low, she began crawling deeper into the woods. It was too dark to see, and she didn’t dare turn on her phone’s flashlight. Like a headless fly, she fumbled through the dense shrubs.
The footsteps behind her didn’t stop—and they were getting closer.
A flood of terrifying thoughts filled Candice’s m
