Once back there, Jarod positioned Ty’s dad at the back door, in case, anyone tried to get out. Then Jarod handed him the old military flashlight he kept in his truck. Ty’s dad hid off to the side of the door, so anyone coming out wouldn’t see him until it was too late. “Don’t be afraid to use that if you need to. Hit them in the head. It’ll knock them out,” Jarod whispered then went to move around to the front of the house. Jarod crept up to the window of the room with the bed and checked if he could open it. Luck was with him. He was able to slide it up without much difficulty. Or noise. He planned to climb into the window. The room was on the other side of the house from where Ty and Stella were, and hopefully, it’d be far enough away that they wouldn’t hear him coming. He climbed in,

