Daddy Won't Kill You- The Haunting in the Woods by Caroline Clark

Author:Caroline Clark [Clark, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror
Published: 2018-05-06T12:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Steve raced to the door. Closed like finality, it blocked his path, but the key was in the lock. He reached out a hand, desperate to see what was in the room but afraid beyond belief. The wood was coarse against his fingers as he opened the door slowly, his heart in his throat.

Chase sat on his bed unharmed, but he looked hurt and dejected; a book lay ignored across his lap.

“I’m sorry, Dad,” he said as Steve entered the room.

“What for?” Steve asked the question without thinking, the relief that Chase was unharmed hitting him by surprise.

“For upsetting Mum ... I don’t know what I did ... honest.”

“Forget it, son. I don’t think you did anything. Now get your boots.” He wanted to hug Chase, to tell him everything was all right, but he felt he was running out of time. Something told him they had to get out of there fast. Leaving Chase to prepare, he walked back to the kitchen.

Lauren stood next to the knife rack, and Lucy sat at the table, bouncing Bunkie across its smooth wooden surface. Her smile was carefree, her joy genuine.

Steve grabbed his rucksack and began piling in food and bottled water. He grabbed Lucy’s arm, disturbing her play as he pulled her from the chair.

Big blue eyes looked up at him filled with confusion. Then she grinned and it was like an ocean of love. Steve wanted nothing but to keep her safe, to keep her happy, and he knew what he was planning would upset her badly. With a nod, he pulled his gaze away; he had to be strong. He looked at Lauren. “You coming?”

“Where?”

“Back to the pass. I’m getting us out of here today.”

Chase groaned behind him, and Lucy tried to go back to the chair.

“It’s too far; they can stay with me,” Lauren said, moving toward Lucy.

Steve put himself in between them and pulled Lucy back to him. “No way. Kids, now.”

Steve herded the kids out of the cabin. A hand seemed to have gripped his stomach as his fear grew by the minute. Somehow he knew they must get away now, that if they didn’t, something awful would happen.

Lauren followed, and he hoped that she would come with them. She had been so much better away from the cabin, away from the chair. He turned. “Come with us.” It could be her only hope. The thought crossed his mind, but he shook it away. The pumpkins had to come first.

She was leaning against the door, looking different, old fashioned, but also the same. Though he really wanted her to come, he would not leave the kids.

“No, Lucy and Chase can stay with me. It’s too far,” she said again.

Lucy moved to walk to her mum, but Steve kept a firm grasp on her hand. She looked up at him, the glance accusatory, but he held his ground. “Lauren, please. It’s not safe here,” Steve pleaded as they stepped off the deck.

She walked toward him; his heart soared.

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