Out of Her Mind (Sawyer Brooks) by T.R. Ragan

Author:T.R. Ragan [Ragan, T.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

Riley tried to swallow, but her throat was dry; her water bottle was on the floor across the room where she couldn’t reach it. Her heart was still beating out of control. She spit again, afraid that parts of the dead fly were stuck to her tongue. She’d been dreading Bubbles’s return, afraid she’d discover that Riley had found a way inside the closet and gone through her things. The way Bubbles had looked at her when she first came into the room had freaked her out. She was certain the crazy woman knew what she’d done.

But apparently Bubbles had only wanted to mess with her.

Riley wasn’t sure how much longer she could handle this. And yet she knew she didn’t have a choice in the matter. Not unless she could find a way to escape. After doing her assignments earlier, she’d spent most of the day staring out the window, too far away to press her face against the glass, but close enough to see if the little boy wandered outside again. But he never did.

As hard as she’d tried, she couldn’t get the images of all those girls out of her head. Whenever she nodded off, she prayed that it was all a nightmare. But then she’d wake up, and the cold heaviness of the metal cuff around her ankle reminded her it was real.

Bubbles was real too. She was scary. And yet sometimes her face would soften, and she looked almost normal. Riley didn’t like that she never knew what Bubbles was going to do next. She was worse than the villains in her brother’s comic books.

The worst part was feeling as if she was losing hope. If that happened, she might not be able to find the courage to make a run for it. That’s why it had to be tonight. She had to get away.

Voices sounded below.

Not only Bubbles’s voice, but another woman’s. A friendly voice. Riley couldn’t make out whole sentences, but it sounded as if she was talking to Bubbles about her son. He’d heard a sound, a loud bang.

Riley could hardly breathe. The lady was talking about the boy who had been playing in the backyard, tossing his ball in the air. He’d seen Riley. Or at least he’d heard her.

This was her chance. And yet every muscle in her body felt rigid. Fear held her in place.

Don’t just sit there, stupid! Make some noise!

Looking around, her heart pumping wildly against her ribs, her gaze fell on the chain around her foot. Move! Go!

She jumped off the bed, grasped on to the middle of the chain, and began thumping it against the floor.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

It was loud. This could work. It had to work!

She kept picking up the chain and dropping it against the floor, over and over again until her arms ached.

The door to her room opened wide. Bubbles stood there, her big eyes like shiny marbles, unblinking and filled with rage.

Riley wondered what had happened to the neighbor. Where was

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