Claire stopped, holding her stomach. "He... kicked," she whispered, smiling. For a moment, she felt safe and happy, almost as if she were home again. Then she heard a sound, a cracking of twigs, and saw a man coming towards her. She panicked and started running again.

It was so difficult to run like this... Why did they have to keep chasing her? Did they not see that she just wanted to be left alone?

Or was it that "bad man" that the doctor had warned her about?

Either way, she kept running.

Whoever it was, she was not going to let them catch her, even if it killed her.

Which it probably would.