Délon City by R. W. Ridley

Author:R. W. Ridley [Ridley, R. W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, C429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9780979206702
Publisher: Middlebury House Publishing
Published: 2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

NINE

I stood in the kitchen for what seemed an eternity. All the while I could hear Gordy’s sister begging for help upstairs. I gripped and re-gripped the handle of the hammer 50 or so times as I worked up the courage to make the first step toward the stairs. The longer I hesitated the more it seemed like a bad idea. Then something unexpected happened. Gordy’s sister called out my name.

“Oz Griffin. I smell Oz Griffin.” She cackled and then wept. “Help me, Oz Griffin.”

I swallowed the lump in my throat and stepped toward the hallway leading to the stairs. My heart was fluttering like a nervous butterfly. As I got closer to the stairs, I asked myself one question. “What the hell are you doing, Oz?”

I had no acceptable answer, but still I pushed forward. I took the stairs one step at a time, stopping to reassess what I was doing every step of the way. I gripped the hammer with both hands now. My breathing was labored.

I reached the top of the stairs and made myself as flat as I could against the wall. I scanned both ends of the hallway.

“Someone’s upstairs,” Gordy’s sister called out. “And someone smells so good... so tasty...”

That was all I needed to hear. I bolted back down the stairs. Halfway down, I heard a deafening screaming. “Oz, help me! Don’t let them get me!”

I stopped. It was a trap. My mind knew it. But it was Gordy’s sister. If there was the smallest chance she could be helped, then I had to help her. I walked back up the stairs as if I were climbing the final peak on Everest. Every step was carefully calculated, and every prayer I had ever heard in my life came spewing out of my mouth uncontrollably.

I stood in the upstairs hallway, eyes focused on the room above the garage. I flipped the light switch, but nothing came on.

“No lights. No eyelids. No lights. No eyelids.” The voice screeched throughout the house.

I moved down the hallway as silently as I could, but still she heard me. She counted each step I took. “Three steps closer. Four steps closer. Here he comes. Here he comes!”

“Allie,” I said.

“He calls me Allie!” Her voice was shrill with excitement.

“Allie Flynn.”

“Ten steps closer. Eleven steps closer. Twelve steps and at the door. He’s at the door! He’s at the door!”

“Allie,” I said. “You’re not making this easy. I want to help you.”

“Help me, Oz Griffin. Please, help me.”

I turned the knob and let the door open slowly on its own. The room was a guest bedroom. The mattress from the bed was stacked against the window to keep out the light. No lights. No eyelids. She had said.

In the darkest corner of the room, directly opposite the door, I saw a silhouette of a little girl. She stood motionless. She was taller than I remember.

“We’re so hungry, Oz Griffin.”

I forced myself to move forward. The hammer was raised, cocked back, and ready to crash down on her head at any time.

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