Coming out of the shadows
Part 5
Escape
Matilda held her breath as the footsteps approached. Her hands started to shake and soon her whole body followed.
She flinched as the footsteps passed her and switched on the light.
From her spot under the table she could see the feet approaching her once more.
They paused and Matilda let out a cry.
She could see the shadow bending over; a hand on the frayed tablecloth and then Suddenly it was lifted up and Matilda was met with an unfamiliar face.
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Tash sighed in frustration and threw the book of baby names down. Robbie and Kim who were watching football in the living room, looked up when they heard the bang
"Something wrong Tash"?
Tash rolled her eyes "Oh no nothing wrong, nothing expect that you have the TV up at full volume"
Kim looked surprised " Tash the volume isn't even up half way"
Robbie shot him a look of warning and quickly reached for the remote, turning it down.
"Is that Better"? He asked soothingly
"Yes" nodded a satisfied Tash.
After 5 minutes of silence, Tasha groaned.
"Robbie"
Robbie looked up "Yes my love"
"The fridge"
Robbie's brow furrowed, "I closed it"
Tasha rolled her eyes " Can't you hear that"?
"Hear what"?
"It's making that moaning noise again"
Kim shook with silent laugher
"Robbie I thought you fixed it"
"I did"
"Well it's still making that noise"
"I wonder why" Mutter Kim
Robbie hit his friend on the arm
Then his got an idea " How about Kim takes a look at it.
A look of horror appeared on Kim's face and Robbie smirked.
"That's a great idea Rob"
Tasha stood up and walked toward the kitchen "Come on Kim"
Kim looked at Robbie " I'll get you back for this"
Robbie grinned, "Good luck mate pregnant women are very unpredictable"
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"Well what do we have hear"? Asked the older man, smiling.
Matilda even though somewhat relieved it wasn't Dave cringed when the old man reached out his wrinkly hand to her.
She jumped out off under the table, her back against the hard wall.
The man made his round toward her.
"What do you want"?
The old man paused "This is my caravan love"
He reached out his hand toward her and Matilda sobbed.
"I just want to help you"
Suddenly the old man before her disappeared and Dave was before her.
"I just want to help you"
Matilda screamed and seeing her chance shot past him and was out the door running.
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It has been an hour since Kim and Tash had ventured into the Kitchen.
Deciding that Kim had suffered enough Robbie stood up and made his way into the kitchen.
Kim was sitting at the table with his head in his hands looked up as Robbie entered.
"Where's Tash"?
"Behind the fridge"
Hearing her name Tash stepped out and Robbie burst out laughing.
Tasha had black grease all over her face
"I wouldn't be laughing if I were you"
Tasha pulled out a long curved piece of metal.
"We need a new fridge"
Robbie took in a deep breath
"Tash what happened"?
Tasha accusingly pointed her finger at Kim "Ask Him"
Robbie rubbed his eyes trying extremely hard to remain calm.
"He wasn't hear when the toaster broke last week and the microwave the week before"
Tasha's face turned red 'Are you insinuating that I'm breaking the home appliances"?
"No No" replied Robbie Hastily
"I'm just trying to figure how what happened"
Tasha's eyes teared up
"I don't know what happened"
Robbie sighed and walked over and hugged Tash "It's alright, why don't you go get yourself cleaned up"
Tasha nodded and made her way to the bathroom.
Kim stood up " It's like she's a different person, I don't know how you put up with it.
"Well I'll tell you one thing, this is the first and last pregnancy, from now on we're adopting"
Kim laughed and reached out to Robs now beeping mobile.
"Your mobiles going flat"
Robbie reached out and took the phone
"And it has a missed call…" he paused and stared at his phone in shock as he saw who's call he had missed, piecing it together he realized the call he had received before was also from the same person.
Kim sensing something stood up and walked over to Rob.
"Who was it"?
Robbie who was still wide eyed replied "Matilda"
TBC
A/n: Thanks for the review Loz :) hope you enjoyed this chapter.