Chapter 3
About fifty miles from Port Charles, Luke's car sped along towards Beecher's Corners.
Luke had just put the top up since it had began to rain. Laura sat looking out the window. She didn't like the looks of the clouds, but she didn't know why.
The raindrops hitting the windshield had grown larger and were falling faster. The wind began to pick up. Luke began to have trouble keeping the car on the road.
"Looks like we're in for a storm," he said.
Laura shuddered. She had never been fond of storms, they made her nervous.
"Yes, looks like it might be a bad one."
Laura's cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Laura, it's Mom."
"Hi, Mom. Did Lulu have fun at her troop meeting?"
"Yes, she had a great time. That's not why I was calling."
Laura noticed a worried tone to Lesley's voice.
"What's wrong Mom?"
"Honey, there is a tornado warning out for the area. I'm just concerned about you and Luke being out on the open road like that. I think you ought to head for home."
"Just a minute Mom, I'll tell Luke."
"Tell me what?" he asked.
"Mom thinks we should head home. There's a tornado warning out. She don't think we're safe on the road."
"Well I agree with her about it not being safe to be on the road, but I think we have a better chance at getting to Beecher's Corners than all the way back to Port Charles. We're over half way there, so than means Beecher's Corners is much closer."
"Mom, Luke says we're closer to Beecher's Corners than we are to home."
"Ok, be careful."
"I promise. We'll get off the road if the weather seems too bad. Bye Mom."
The rain had stopped suddenly while Laura had been on the phone. But the sky had grown much more threatening. A loud thunder clap shook the car.
Laura jumped. Luke noticed. He knew how much storms spooked her.
"I think I'll try to find somewhere to pull off the road. I don't like driving in this either," he said.
Laura nodded.
They drove for about ten more minutes, before Luke suddenly pulled off to the side of the road.
"What's wrong?" Laura asked.
"Nothing, I think I see a house just beyond those trees," he said. "Maybe whoever lives there will let us wait the storm out there."
They got out of the car and hurried through the trees. The came into a clearing and saw that the house was a run down cabin.
"Wait here," Luke said.
He walked up to the cabin and knocked. When no one answered he opened the door and went in. A loud clap of thunder was heard outside. Laura ran into the cabin and ran into Luke. He put his arm around her, knowing how scared she was.
He saw a trap door in the floor. He opened it and looked in.
"That is a cellar, we can go down there if we need to."
Laura nodded. It thundered again. She moved closer to Luke.
He pulled her down so that they were both sitting on the floor. He put his arm back around her trying to calm her down.