" We'll go for a walk okay? " she wore Claire her shoes and grabbed her again, holding her in her arms. " What the fuck are you waiting for, for him to come down?! " she whispered yelled and grabbed her car keys. " Get the fuck out of here, move! " she opened the door and waited for us to run out. " Cari, move! "
But I couldn't.
He was right there. Standing at the staircase, looking over at us with a black hood covering his face.
He was here.
" Don't you fucking take another step! " he yelled, making everyone turn around.
Everybody froze. Meghan grabbed Jess' hand immediately and Jess held her tight. They looked at each other, Meghan was already crying, Jess nodded and smiled to her to calm her down.
" Turn around now. " he ordered again, without walking down the stairs.
I was frozen in the kitchen. I wasn't moving, for a moment I thought I wasn't even breathing.
" Brownie, who is this man? " Claire asked Shannon. Shannon turned to look at me and I noticed that she held Claire even closer to her.
" I don't know little one. " she replied honestly. The all turned around slowly and I took all the power I had in me to go to Shannon's side.
" Don't even think about it! " he yelled. I stopped walking immediately and closed my eyes, tears were already streaming down my face.
" It's fine baby. Don't worry. " Shannon smiled at me, she was the only that wasn't crying or shaking out of fear, she just seemed extremely angry.
" Close the door, Beveridge. " he ordered once again, now slowly walking down the stairs.
He knows who we are.
Shannon flinched in anger and turned around to close the door.
" Lock it and give me the keys. " he had now walked down the stairs and was looking at all of us from the bottom of the stairs.
Shannon grabbed the keys from the tiny hangers we leave our keys next to the door, grabbed the keys and locked the door and then literally throwing the keys to him to the floor.
" Sit down. " he pointed at the couches. Without any hesitation, I walked with them but he stopped me again.
" You. " he said. " You'll sit in the armchair. "
We now walked all together to the living room. Shannon was whispering something to Claire, something like " Don't ask questions okay? " and more things that I couldn't hear.
We all sat down and he stood in the middle. He had already pushed the living room table aside so he could stand there.
" You know. " he paused and laughed. " I would have killed you. " he pointed at Shannon with the gun. She had passed Claire to Alex's hands before we sat down. " But you're not my only main problem. " he looked away from her. He starting walking my way and I swear I heard my heart sinking to my feet. He continued walking and stopped behind me. " You are also my main problem. " he said harshly and pointed the gun at the back of my head.
