Chapter 16

She didn't even have time to look around. The house looked exactly the same; no one inside and not even the sound of a clock ticking being heard, silence. Kate crouched down, level with the couch on her right and took in her possibilities. There was a police officer just outside on the patio that was sure to see her if she walked straight through the kitchen.

But there was one way. She could easily sneak through the big arch that covered half the wall, places between the kitchen and living room. It wasn't in the police's view so it was her best chance. Kate looked around both ways, making sure that it was safe, and then quickly tiptoed still crouching down to the other end of the kitchen and through the arch.

Once she was at the other side, she stopped for a little bit to catch her breath. When she was ready, she carried on and was soon upstairs.

She quickly entered the room, immediately went over to her bedside table and took out a heavy, silver box, completely closed apart from a keyhole. Rummaging through her pockets, she found the key in her jacket pocket and took it out. As quickly as possible, she opened the box and looked at all the money: at least $800 there.

She took a deep breath and placed the money safely in her inside coat pocket. She got up and left the room, making sure she didn't leave signs of her being there behind. She walked down the stairs, almost too confidently, which was her biggest mistake. Accidentally, she knocked over the glass that was at the end of the staircase with her hand and it fell on the floor, shattered in pieces. The police officer that was still on the patio, looked back, sure that he had heard something. His expression changed dramatically when he saw Kate standing as still as possible, a vase broken beside her. Without thinking, the police officer shouted something to his neighbour and at the same time, Kate ran towards the open door where Jack was waiting for her.

Jack was pacing up and down, trying to keep himself calm but failing. She had still not come out yet, how long did it take her? Had she been caught? Or was she just taking make up, hairbrushes, toothbrushes, towels and all that other kind of girly things with her? Jack stopped abruptly when he heard a yell on the other side of the garden. He stopped and tried to listen to what they were saying.

'She's there! She's in the house right now! Come on!' one of them said to the other and footsteps were faintly heard going back into the house. Jack's heart stopped when he didn't see her coming out. She was definitely caught now.

Without a single moment to waste, he rushed towards the door, eager to get in and stop them. At the same time, Kate ran back out and they charged into each other.

'Ow!' two hurt voices were hurt, as Jack and Kate put a hand up to where their bruises would be in a few days time.

'They're coming. We have to go.' he panicked and took her hand, dragging her along with him.

'Don't you think I know that already?' her annoyed voice said. Nevertheless, they ran for the countless time that day.

Okay, a very short chapter there so I'm sorry about that. I hope you guys don't mind with the shortness. Thanks for reviewing and I hope that you enjoyed the action there. I promise that the next chapter will be longer and I'll try and update as soon as possible but I'm quite busy this week so don't expect that many updates.