Chapter 23 - Maddie
A LOUD SOUND STARTLED me awake. At first, I couldn’t make out what it was, but after a moment I realized there was a stream of light peeking through the door and sliding across the hardwood floors of my apartment. I hadn’t bothered to close the curtain that separated my impromptu bedroom from the rest of the place, so I could see clearly now that the reason there was unexpected light was that my door was open.
Panic swept me.
After the last few days, I’d realized there were very bad people out there. People who killed for money and maybe for fun. People who didn’t care about wrecking lives, so long as they got what they wanted.
What if this was one of those people now? I shuddered at the thought and tried to come up with a plan as to what I should do as I lay there
