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When Angels Cry
Chapter 13 – Hide and seek
Harold finally pulls into a driveway of a beautiful log cabin. "Well Dr. Cavanaugh, we have arrived." Jordan was beginning to hyperventilate. She lost all muscle control. She knew no one would find her out here and even if they did, they'd be too late. Harold lifted the gun, "Come on Dr. Cavanaugh, don't be rude. Let's move a little quicker please." He spoke to her like a gruff man speaks to his children. Jordan moved her body. She felt so terrified that her body shook as she walked but Harold didn't even notice.
As they approached the door he said. "Wait here. I'll be one second."
Jordan knew this was her only chance to run. The second he disappeared inside the doorway she did run. She ran hard and she ran fast. She knew she couldn't run down the road because he could drive down and find her. So she ran and hid in the bushes. She figured even if she was found, hopefully she had bought enough time that she would be saved.
She could hear Harold come back outside. "Dr. Cavanaugh this isn't funny. Didn't anyone tell you never to play hide and seek with someone who has a gun? Come out, come out wherever you are." His voice now sounded like a psychopath.
Then someone else began to speak. "You lost her Harold? What is wrong with you? Just leave her outside. You screw everything up Harold, all the time." Jordan realized this was Matt's mother.
"Dr. Cavanaugh please come out, or we will be forced to look for you with guns. You don't want that Dr. Cavanaugh." Then 3 shots went off in the direction of the woods and they hit things right near her. She was once again scared.
She could hear both Harold and Mrs. Seely enter the woods now. She knew her only chance was to run but once she did they would shoot at her. She slowly left her tree and moved behind the one right next to it. She no longer knew where to go and she knew they were gaining on her. Her heart was beating so hard she could hear it in her ears. She dropped down onto the ground and tried to crawl towards the road. She moved slowly and carefully making sure to stay low and in the bushes. She found a stone and threw it in the other direction to pose a distraction. It hit some leaves and made a noise, which allowed her some more time as she crawled. The thorns ripped at her flesh and her clothes, sending searing pain through her body. She had no idea where the road was or even which way to go once she found it but she continued to crawl. She was getting tired real fast as she crawled. She wanted to run but she kept going, praying that she would make it out alive.
Finally she reached the road. It had felt like eternity since she had left the morgue. She had no idea what time it was, she only cared about escaping. She ran down the road hoping neither Harold nor his wife could see her. She continued to run; she didn't care where she went as long as she was anywhere but here.
Back at the morgue, Woody, Lily and Framus had left in Framus' car to head out to Fall River with the few police officers that were provided. Nigel stayed behind and was using Matt's address book that Lily and Framus had brought back to find the number of Harold's cell phone and track it down.