A Tangled Web: A British Crime Thriller (A DCI Pilgrim Thriller Book 2) by A L Fraine

Author:A L Fraine [Fraine, A L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

17

Geoff awoke with a start, his eyes blinking in the darkness. Had he heard something?

No, he must be imagining things, surely. With a sigh, he closed his eyes.

There was another thud, followed by the sound of movement from somewhere in the house. Beside him, Sylvie stirred too. He sat up.

“Urgh, what’s that noise?” she muttered, her voice low.

“Ssshh, quiet. I think someone’s in the house.”

“What?” she gasped. “You’re kidding.” He could see her eyes bug in the shadows as fear gripped her. He felt the same creeping terror in his chest, and part of him just wanted to hide under the covers and hope whoever it was, went away.

There was another thud, and Sylvie whimpered.

“Shush,” he hissed.

But he couldn’t just hide, he couldn’t just do nothing. He had to do something, Sylvie was relying on him. There were more thuds, getting closer this time, and a reflected light swept over the walls through the doorway.

Torchlight.

Someone was coming upstairs.

Geoff balled his fists as his breath grew short. He could feel a swiftly growing anger boiling up inside of him at the audacity of whoever it was. How dare they come into this house, invade their personal space, and… and…

He didn’t know why they were here. Were they going to try and rob them?

No. He wouldn’t allow it.

Geoff climbed out of bed and inched towards the door. The light swept across the wall again.

Geoff jumped back.

“What are you doing?” Sylvie whispered.

“I don’t know,” he replied, furious, but still scared.

“Shut the door.”

“What?”

“Shut it, and hold it closed. They can take whatever they want, I don’t care.”

“No, I won’t let them.”

“Don’t go out there, please,” she pleaded.

“I’m just going to scare them off.”

“Geoff please, don’t. I’ll call the police.”

There were more sounds of movement coming from the next room.

Olivia’s room.

What were they…? A thought occurred to him, was it Olivia? Was she back? He looked at his wife.

“Is… is it her?” she asked, having the same thought. “Is my baby home?”

“I…” He needed to know. Geoff strode out of the room onto the dark landing and around to Olivia’s room, peering into the darkness. “Livy? Is that you?”

A tall, dark figure appeared before him, stepping into the doorway of his daughter’s room. It was not Olivia.

He gasped. “Huh… who are you? What do you want?”

The figure moved, too quick for him to follow in the darkness. Pain blossomed on his forehead.

“Aaagh,” he cried before the man pushed him. He hit another figure behind him. Geoff tried to pull away but was hit again. He fell and saw a boot come rushing towards his head.

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