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Chapter 4

"Yes!" I hug him and we tilt. "Whoa!" Matt says and catches us. we laugh.

I sit on the branch next to him. I lean into his shoulder. I see a small entrance to another clearing. I wonder what it is when I realize my mom is probably worried.

"I'm really sorry but I have to go." I say. I climb off the tree after Matt. He kisses me on the forehead, "you know your way out?" "yep." I say and walk away. "I'll be here for a bit longer." Matt says. I turn around."okay. goodnight."

BACK TO THAT NIGHT.

I scream again and run.

Matt's shelter!

Turn and run to the left, towards the woods. I turn and see the man running behind me. I hear my blood pounding in my ears. my heart races.

I hear sticks snapping and leaves crunching. I run faster. I trip over a tree root sticking out of the ground, and yelp. I get up as quickly as I can and run through the darkness of night before dawn. My heart beats faster and faster by the second.

"Get back here!" A man's voice screeches through the night. "I will find you!"

I look back and I see nothing. As I look forward I run into something. My heart screams as I fall, but I don't make a sound.

I fall into a ditch, something knocking the wind out of me. I scream, crawling up to get out of the ditch. My ankle throbs in pain. Tears start streaming down my face.

Then a hand appears before my face. I stare at it, shaking with fear. I screech again, banging my head and falling unconscious.