Chapter Three
Anxiety pricked at Jane's thoughts as she slowly walked through the dark room - waving her arms in front of her like a blind person would. Blinking to adjust her eyes, she could just barely make out the shape of Jessie a few ways in front of her, waving his arms around too.
"Jessie!" she whisper-shouted while running over to him.
He gasped and swung around to face her with wide eyes.
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"You scared the heck out of me!" he exclaimed. He took a moment to catch his breath, then looked around. "Why is it so dark in here?" he muttered.
Jane folded her arms. "Dunno, but if this old lady can see in this kind of darkness she might have evolved night vision from all her cats," she joked to lighten the mood.
Jessie covered his mouth to keep from laughing.
Something fluffy brushed against Jane's boots and made her jump to Jessie's side with a gasp.
Looking down, the two noticed a small cat with fluffy white fur that was very easy to see in the darkness.
It stared at them with it's massive yellow eyes.
"Even the cats here are creepy." Jessie shook his head while walking off. Jane noticed that he was walking towards a strange door off to his right.
Jane didn't want to be left alone with the cat, so she hesitantly followed after him. But when she caught up to him, he froze. "What's wrong?" Jane asked him silently. But he didn't respond, his gaze was fixed on the door.
"Run...," he mumbled.
Confusion swept over Jane and she tried to follow his gaze. She didn't see anything, so she was unsure of what he saw.
"Run!" Jessie screamed while shoving Jane. He swung around and took off sprinting towards the front door, whipping past the cat and blindly making his way through the darkness.
Suddenly, Jane felt a cold hand grasp her arm. She froze with terror as she looked up and saw the old lady standing right in front of her. She stared into Jane's eyes.
Jane screamed and jerked loose from her grip. She collapsed onto the floor and slowly scooted away.
The old lady slowly began walking towards her, and Jane quickly leapt to her feet and began running to the front door where Jessie stood shouting her name. "Hurry!"
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Jane didn't hesitate for a second.
Once she had made it out the front door, Jessie slammed it shut and they quickly ran into the front yard. But their horses were nowhere to be seen.
"Where did Speckles and Rusty go?" Jane shouted fearfully while glancing behind her and noticing the old lady open the door and peek out at them with a horrifying grin.
"That doesn't matter right now, run!" Jessie cried.
The two took off running down the road.
Though she was terrified, Jane couldn't help but shoot one last glance over her shoulder.
That insane old woman was standing at the edge of her property, watching them run away.
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