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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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Susan carefully strolled over to the window above the sink, pulled back the pale blue lace curtains, and looked out into the yard. The night was dark, and with the fog coming off the ocean, the visibility was very poor. She searched the yard for something amiss, but was unable to see anything. “Sam, come here boy,” she called to the retriever under the table. He slowly stood, arching his back and stretching out from his nap. Once more she grabbed her fall jacket and opened the door to step outside. She was immediately met by a slap of cold air on her face; the night was going to prove to be a cool one. “Let’s go boy,” she urged the big dog out in front of her. Sam hesitated for just a moment looking out into the darkness and stepped off the threshold. Susan listened quietly, trying to hear the sound again, but the night was once more still. “Geez…am I going crazy or what?” Susan asked herself, but she knew the sounds were real, not imagined. “What exactly am I doing out here by myself anyway. I’ve watched enough horror films to know that how the leading ladies always get into trouble,” she muttered. Even at times like this her sense of humor never failed her. John always said that was one of the first things that attracted him to her. God, how she wished he was here, he’d know exactly what to do and he always had a way of making her feel safe. She jumped as she caught a movement out of the corner of her eye. “Man, you are going to drive yourself nuts if you’re not already,” she commented when she saw it was only a rabbit come to raid what was left of her garden. Sam noticed it too and took flight after it as he and the rabbit both disappeared into the darkened woods behind the house. “Thanks for your help,” Susan called out to him as he disappeared out of sight. Now standing alone in the quiet of the night she felt rather silly. The wind was strong tonight and that’s probably all she heard she reasoned to herself. Susan turned to go back into the house and had almost reached the door when she heard one short muffled woof followed by a yelp, then silence. “Sam?” she called. “Sam, come here boy.” Nothing, no rustle in the trees, no bark, no Sam. “Sam?” Susan was now becoming more frightened by the minute. Her heart was racing so fast it felt like it could explode through her chest at any minute. She quickly covered the last few steps to the door, rushed inside and locked the door behind her. “The phone,” she thought to herself. “I need to call the cops, but what am I going to say, I heard a noise and now my dogs missing? Yes, exactly, so what if they think I’m crazy, better they come and check it out and it be nothing.” She reached to the phone on the wall, picked up the receiver, held it to her ear and all she heard was silence. ------------------ Man can not discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz OKOKOK...next????? Please???? Hurry!!!! |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Heart stopping action,suspense....more Please Dear Lady!Oh Glad she locked the door!  ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Okay, working on it you two....thanks |
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Lucie Senior Member
since 1999-06-20
Posts 1077Houston |
hurry hurry.. wanna know too. |
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JennyLee Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461Northwestern, NJ. |
(((shiver shiver)) all she heard was silence! You write beautifully !! Jenny |
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