She has resources.
She’s going to find me.
I just need to keep myself alive.
“Bear, come,” the man says, his voice as commanding as his presence as he opens the door to a crate in the corner of the living room.
There’s a plush bed inside and a few toys atop it.
“Good boy,” he tells him, closing the crate door.
With Bear handled, the stalker’s attention turns back toward me. There’s a disapproving look in his eyes, and I know it’s because of my running out to the police.
What was I supposed to do?
Calling them off a serial killer would’ve been utter lunacy.
He has to know that.
“Come,” he tells me as if I’m no more of a beast than Bear is.
My feet are moving before my mind can talk me out of it.
He grips my bag and tugs it away, tossing it onto a couch I hadn’t noticed before.
How could I notice anything? His presence takes up this entire cabin.
Fuck, it’s probably bigger than this cabin.
“I want to show you something.”
Turning, he heads down a hallway that’s encased in darkness. Before following, I take a moment to appreciate how well he blends into it.
Before I get into more trouble, I scurry to catch up with him.
There’s a room open at the end of the hall, and blue lights spill out, casting a glow on the opposite wall.
I slow to a crawl before entering.
I don’t see him in the room when I step in.
I quickly realize, as a hand grips the back of my neck and holds it firmly, that it’s because he was behind me.
Floor to ceiling, left to right, covering every surface, and desktop, there are screens.
I recognize my shower in one of them, my bedroom, the outside of my house… Then, there are some places that I don’t know.
My eyes scan to the right, finding a screen with the most shocking thing: Allison.
She’s sound asleep in her bed.
She doesn’t know it now, but she’s going to have the worst day of her life when she wakes and finds me missing tomorrow.
Stupidly, I hope she sleeps well tonight.
“You can go nowhere without me knowing. I can see you everywhere. Even in this house.”
Why is he showing me this? So that I’ll listen and be good for him?
