Bab 8: Surrender

Silence.

Drip... Drip...

Silence.

Drip.

Her shoulders shook and her teeth clattered.

Rose's eyes were closed, her hands balled in fists. She opened her eyes and she saw a mix of red and green. The grass beneath her was stained scarlet. Slowly she looked up to see people laughing, pointing fingers. Some even had their phones up.

"N-no...." Rose whispered. She couldn't stand the sight of blood.

Not again.

Dad...

Her breathing hitched and she shook her head violently trying to force the horrible images back.

Not being able to take it any longer she took off. Tears slid past her lids as she ran. She caught sight of Brenda and something broke inside her.

She couldn't breathe.

Among the laughing crowd, she saw Joe. He wasn't laughing but he had on a look of satisfaction and his dark eyes held even much more sinister promises.

She ran out the lawn down the street. She kept on running, she didn't stop, not even when she got to her house.