Ch. 13 Attempted Murder
Jennifer lifted up her head and turned around. She gasped for joy. "Josh!" She sprung up and was relieved at the sight of him. "I'm so happy to see you!"
Joshua ran to the cage door and hurried to unlock it. He was so anxious to see Jennifer that he didn't even notice Mr. Barrows. "Half a sec…..there we go! Now come on! Let's get out of here before Mrs. Mary comes!"
Jennifer wasted no time getting out of there. She then hugged Joshua as hard as she could. She couldn't hold back her tears. She had never been so happy to see Joshua in her life. "Oh Joshua! I'm so glad you're still alive!"
"I'm glad you're still alive too Jenny! Come on!...let's hurry!" he urged her.
"Oh!...right!" she agreed. Jennifer slightly forgot where she was because Joshua was in her presence.
"Now isn't that a pity!...Jennifer don't you move a muscle!... I will punish you!" yelled an angry voice who didn't seem to notice Joshua.
"Huh? Is that Mrs. Mary?" asked Jennifer looking at Joshua.
"It sure is!" he replied looking out the door.
Jennifer then saw something strange. She gasped and said. "Is she….is she holding…..a gun?"
"Whoa! A gun? We've got to do something quick!" exclaimed Joshua looking around.
"But what?" Jennifer was getting scared as she saw Mrs. Mary coming closer to the shed.
"Wait! I see something! Wait here!" Joshua ran away.
"What? What are you doing?" Jennifer didn't know what he was doing.
"Just trust me!" Joshua assured her.
Mrs. Mary then made her way inside the shed. "Jennifer! You've been a terrible daughter! I will punish you once and for all. Maybe then you'll be a nice, quiet child." She cocked the gun and right before she could shoot, she was interrupted.
"Not on my watch you crazy woman!" yelled Joshua from behind and then came running.
"What?" But before Mrs. Mary could turn around, she was struck in the head by a plank and then fell.
"Let's go!" he directed.
Both ran together outside.
Joshua looked Jennifer in the eye to deliver some bad news. "Jenny."
"Yes." Jennifer was so happy to hear the sound of his voice.
"Listen….scissorman's lurking around this mansion somewhere and if we're together, he'll kill us both." he began.
"So what are you saying?" she asked having a feeling what he was about to say.
"I'm saying…we'll have a better chance of surviving if we split up." he said firmly.
Jennifer gasped. "No Josh!"
"Yes Jenny! We have to!" he affirmed.
"Oh! I don't wanna lose you!" she said with a sad voice.
"You're not going to lose me Jenny! It'll be alright!…I promise!" said Joshua trying to give her hope.
But Jennifer didn't seem to accept it. She really liked Joshua and wanted him to be by her side especially with scissorman and Mrs. Mary lurking around. Tears came running down her cheeks once again.
"No, no Jenny! Don't cry! Everything's going to be ok! Be strong. I know you're a strong girl." Joshua assured her.
Jennifer nodded and agreed. "Yeah…you're right."
But Joshua decided to do something else to keep her hopes high. He caressed her face and kissed her on the cheek.
Jennifer's heart raced. 'OMG! Josh actually kissed me! And I didn't even ask for it!' she screamed in her head.
"We're going to be fine Jenny!" he reassured once again.
She giggled. "Yeah!...we'll be fine!"
Both then went back inside the mansion.