Unsafe at home part 2

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Here you go!
His phone lighting  up on the beside table is what woken Chester from a peaceful sleep at 2 o'clock on a cold November morning. He considered ignoring it before realising that if someone was going to call him at 2 in the morning, it would be for an important reason. Reaching over to grab his phone in a sleep induced daze  he didn't even  look at who it was before he answered.
'Hello?'
There was a moment of silence before a small voice treated him on the other end.
'Chester? .... It's Grace I need your help someone broke into my house .... I think their still downstairs'.
Cheaters heart leapt into his throat, he could hear the panic in her voice and it broke his heart. He was thankful that they had exchanged numbers after finishing shooting Grace's video the day before, having agrees to go for coffee sometime to talk about more video ideas.
'Grace where are you now?'
All he could hear was her heavy breathing before a shaken reply, 'I'm in my upstairs bathroom I've locked the door but I can still hear him downstairs'.
Chester jumped out of bed and put on the first bit of clothing he could get his hands on, all the while keeping the phone to his ear. 'It's ok just try to stay clam I'll be there as soon as I can, just stay on the phone with me ok?'
He pulled on the first pair of shoes he could grab before running for the door, grabbing his keys from the side until by the door as he went.
'Grace you still with me?'
'Yeah I'm still here' was the shaky but quite reply.
He jumped in the car and put his phone on speaker throwing it onto the passenger seat as he got in and started the engine.
'Chester please hurry .. Please I think he's coming up the stairs'. Before Chester could reply he heard a bang coming from the other end of the phone, followed by a scream that could have only been Graces.
'Grace.....GRACE ANSWER ME.... Can you still hear me?' He got no reply instead all he hear was the dial tone on the other end of the phone as it went dead.
He put his foot down, not bothering to take any notice of the countless traffic laws he was breaking, getting to Grace's house twenty minutes later, not knowing what to expect he pushed himself out of the car as quickly as he could and made his way up to the front door, unsure of what would great him.

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