After the Party by C.L. Swatman

Author:C.L. Swatman [Swatman, C.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books

That night she goes to bed, but she’s not expecting to sleep. Benny curls up beside her, his slow, steady breathing and warm body a comfort.

She’s double-checked all the locks, closed the curtains, pulled chains across, but she still can’t relax. Benny’s snoozing appeases her somewhat – if he’s calm, surely there’s no imminent danger?

But she can’t stop thinking about the noises she heard. She’s on high alert, her body thrumming with tension, her eyes snapping open at the slightest sound.

She must drift off at some point though, because the darkest moments of the night are punctuated by dreams, terrible images.

Summer’s cold, lifeless body being dragged from the lake.

Benny’s body lying prone in her garden.

A shadowy figure creeping round her house. Pushing open her bedroom door, standing over her…

Her eyes fly open, and she’s gasping for breath. Her body’s drenched in sweat.

There’s no one there.

She’s fine.

She’s safe.

It takes a while for her heart rate to return to normal, and when it does she pushes the duvet off her and swings her legs out of bed. Benny peers up at her sleepily, but then carries on snoozing, lost in a dream world that probably doesn’t involve dead bodies and threatening letters. She wishes she could be more like him.

But this can’t go on.

She needs to do something.

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