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Breaking In
"Lucy? You alright in there?" Yelled Danny as Tom joined him at the letter box. Whatever reply Lucy might have given was drowned out by the two German Shepherds barking madly at the door. "Lucy, call the dogs off. They're going mad at the door!" he looked to Tom, "You've got a spare key right?"
Tom reached into his jacket pocket, hoping that he had in fact left Lucy's spare key in there. "I must have taken it out yesterday." He said reluctantly. "I'll try round the back, she might have left the door unlocked." With that he jogged down the side of the house, vaulted over the small gate and made for the back door.
"Hamish, Julie, calm down guys…" cooed Danny through the letter box, hoping that Tom wouldn't get eaten if he did manage to get in the back of the house. He watched through the letter box as the two Shepherds spun round, presumably at the sound of Tom trying the back door. "It's alright, it's only Tom. Please don't eat him."
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After vaulting the gate into the back garden Tom made for the door, gently pushing the handle down and opening the door. He let out the breath he didn't realise he'd been holding as the door opened.
The noise of Lucy's two dogs at the front door had stopped, so either Lucy or Danny had calmed them, or they were heading straight for him. 'Why couldn't she have a pair of Westies?' he thought to himself as they appeared around the corner, their eyes fixed unwaveringly at him. "Hi guys. I'm here to help your mum alright. I'm not going to hurt you." He said gently as he gingerly held his hand out to them.
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Danny was crouched on the door step, looking expectantly through the letter box when he heard a shout from across the road. "Oi, you there! What do you think you're doing!" demanded a well-built man in his early forties as he marched across the road. "I've been watching you, you trying to break in or something?"
Danny stood and turned around to face the man as he reached the pavement and proceeded to march straight up to him. "No mate. We're trying to get in." Danny suddenly realised how that sounded, "I mean, we're friends of Lucy, we think she's had an accident and we don't have a key." Said Danny, trying to explain the admittedly very strange seeming situation.
"Yeah, and I'm the queen of Sheba." Answered the man sarcastically. "Now shift, before I call the police on you." He threatened as he produced his mobile phone from his pocket.
"Fine, call the police." Replied Danny angrily. "But make sure you tell them that Lucy is late for an important engagement which she wouldn't miss, isn't answering her phone, her house is trashed, the dogs are going mental and she's calling for help." He smiled, "Is that alright your majesty?"
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Tom gave each of the dogs a quick pat as they each sniffed his hand in turn. They allowed him past, Julie following closely at his heels while Hamish investigated the garden, his hackles raised as he sniffed every inch of the fence, when he finished he announced his presence with a series of deafening barks before following Tom and Julie back into the house.
"Lu, it's alright. I'll be with you in a second." He called, as he opened the front door to Danny who was ending an apparently heated conversation with a well built, presumably concerned neighbour.
"Maybe you best call the police anyway…" said Danny as he looked into the house and spotted a large red-brown stain on the carpet by the door to the living room. "Where's Lucy?" he asked Tom urgently.
Tom shook his head, "Must be upstairs. Julie and Hamish seem fine but just take it slow around them." He warned Danny and the man who was now on the phone as he began moving upstairs. He reached the upstairs landing and followed the dirty boot prints to the master bedroom.
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Lucy sobbed uncontrollably as the door opened to reveal Tom and Danny's shocked faces, as Tom wrapped his arms around her protectively she found herself apologising. "I'm sorry… I couldn't…" she stuttered between sobs.
"You've got nothing to apologise for." Said Tom gently as Danny fumbled with the knots in the dressing gown tie holding Lucy to the foot of her bed.
"They were stronger than me, I tried to fight them off, and Julie and Hamish bit one of them…" Rambled Lucy through her tears as Tom held her close, stroking her hair soothingly.
"Shh, it's alright, we've got you." Cooed Tom as he looked questioningly at Danny who was still struggling with the knots holding Lucy's arms behind her back.