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“Katie, we’re leaving!” Katie’s Mom yelled up the stairs. “Okay Mom, have a good time.” Katie yelled back. “Remember, if anything happens your Dad has his cell phone on him. Just give him a call and-“ “Okay Mom, you’ve told me this 5 times; just give him a call and we’ll figure something out.” “Alright honey. See you in a week. We’ll call you as soon as we land.” “Okay Mom. Bye, have a safe flight.” //Finally, //Katie thought to herself. Katie had been counting down the days until her parents would leave on their vacation to South Carolina. Katie just turned 18 and was finally able to convince her parents to let her stay at home by herself. Every year when her parents would leave she’d get stuck with their neighbor, Mrs. Thompson. Think of the meanest, strictest, ugliest old lady you could think of…. Yeah, that’s Mrs. Thompson. //Parents just left. Come over whenever. Just walk in. // Katie texted Sarah, her best friend. //Alright, I’ll be over in a few. // //Start making the popcorn .//Sarah responded. Katie couldn’t wait to have the house to herself. No rules, no parents, no babysitter. //This is going to be the best week ever.// Katie went downstairs, got a bag of popcorn and turned on the microwave. An hour later, Katie seemed to have eaten all the popcorn, watched two reruns of House on t.v., and still was waiting for Sarah. //Where are you? I’ve been waiting for an hour. // Katie texted. //Sorry, I might be over later. Parents made me go to dinner with them. //<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sarah responded. //<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Alright, try to hurry though if you can. You know I get scared when I’m home alone. // //<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I’ll try to hurry. Sorry. // <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Katie threw the bag of popcorn away and headed upstairs. It started getting dark out so Katie put her pajamas on and got into bed. //<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Ding-dong. // <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Who’s here? Katie picked up her phone and called Sarah. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Hey sorry, my parents made me come home. I can come over tomorrow morning, or you can just stay the night here if you want.” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Oh, you’re not here? Its fine, someone just rang the doorbell and I thought it was you. I’ll call you in a bit.” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Katie put a sweatshirt on and headed down the stairs. Through the window she could see a dark, tall figure. Katie cautiously opened the door. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Hello?” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Hello. I’ve been searching for Grove street for about an hour. My friend lives there, but I think I must have taken a wrong turn. Can you tell me where it is?” The stranger explains. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Well… Grove street is on the other side of town” Katie hesitates, “This is Central, so if you turn left onto Main for about 10 minutes you should reach Grove.” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Alright, thanks.” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">And just like that, the man disappeared into the darkness. Katie pulls on the door, making sure she remembered to lock it. //<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Hey, I think I’m going to stay at your house. This creepy man just came to my door asking where Grove Street was. I’ll be over in a second. //<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Katie texted Sarah <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Katie went upstairs and got a backpack out of her closet. Her hands shaking, she quickly gathered her belongings. She called her parents and explained what had happened, telling them she was staying at Sarah’s for the night so if they tried to reach her and she wasn’t answering that was why. //<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Ding-dong….Ding-dong. // //<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> It’s him, //<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Katie thought to herself. She ran down the stairs and peeked through the windows. The same dark and tall figure was standing on her porch. The door was locked, so she knew he wouldn’t be able to get in… But how can she get out? //My cars in the garage, so all i would have to do is get in the car and open the garage quickly. But what if hes in the garage?// Thoughts started pouring through Katies mind. She grabbed her things and headed for the garage. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Hello Katie…Why aren’t you answering?” a deep mysterious voice came from behind her. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Kaite screamed and ran for the door. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“There’s no need to run. I’m not going to hurt you.” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Get out of my house!” Katie yelled, “I’m calling the cops!” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Kaite got her phone out of her pocket and dialed 911. The man quickly jumped towards Kaite, snatching her phone right out of her hands. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Kaite, theres no need to be scared.” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Who are you? And what do you want from me?” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The man grabbed a hold of Kaite’s wrists, squeezing so tightly she could barely feel her hands anymore. He threw her onto the ground and Katie hit her head off the newly laid hard-wood floors. Blood-stained and motionless the man drug Katie up the stairs. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Please… just don’t hurt me. You can have anything, just don’t kill me.” Kaites words started floating off. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The man began putting Kaite on her bed, with nothing going through his dark mind except for himself. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Katie? Kaite where are you?” a voice came from downstairs. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Kaite tried yelling, kicking, anything but seemed to weak to make any noise. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Kaite? Are you in your room?” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The man jumped off of Kaite, heading for the window. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I’m upstairs…. Help…” Kaite whispered. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She could hear someone coming up the stairs. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Katie! What the hell happened?” Mrs. Thompson said. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I don’t know… just please get me out of here.” <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Mrs. Thompson picked up Katie and took her to her house. She had called the cops who were investigating Katie’s house next door, and had made Katie a warm cup of hot chocolate.