CHAPTER 2
Veronica couldn't help but let go a keening cry as her legs buckled under her weight. She slapped a hand over her mouth and listened carefully. She couldn't here anything. But that might mean that he was on his way downstairs. The idea galvanized her.
She got up, gasping at the pain of her ankle, and started limping towards the gate. All she needed to do was make it to her car. She always left extra keys in case of emergency. The monster didn't know that though. He thought that because he had her purse, he had her trapped.
She fumbled with the latch of the gate as she jerked on it. It wouldn't open. She shook it, a sob working its way out of her throat.
"Verrrrrooonicaaaaa" she heard the monster yell.
He was upstairs.
She breathed in deeply in relief and clenched her fists. Going slowly, she opened the latch and pushed on the gate. The creak it made had her limping towards her car as fast as she could go. She made her way through the front yard, slipping over the wet grass. Her sobs started breaking out, the closer she got to her car.
She was nearly there.
The front door slammed open behind her. Her head snapped towards the sound and she blanched at the sight of him bearing down on her. She got to her car and jerked the door open. She threw herself in and grasped at the locks. She locked the passenger door in the back just in time. Her eyes met his as he tried to open it. He smiled at her.
"I think that you are forgetting something Veronica" he said clearly through the glass. He lifted his left hand and shook her purse. "Ieeee haaaave yourrrrr keeeyees" he sang out.