Only time would tell…

For a few days Kerry stopped receiving the text messages and mysterious notes, so she started to think it was a stupid little prank that died out. But one night, her parents were out of town and she was home alone with her puppy, Buster. Kerry was watching TV in the living room when Buster started going crazy barking. She figured it was just a squirrel, until he was running along the wall of windows with all the fur standing up on his back.

Kerry: Buster! Come here!

Ignoring Kerry’s call, the 3 month old St. Bernard puppy kept barking at what seemed to be nothing outside the house.

Kerry: Buster!

Kerry started getting nervous, and she picked up the phone. In the corner of her eye she saw a figure dressed in black walk up to the French doors to the right of her and just stand there staring into the house.
She knew she’d better stay calm and pretend not to notice, or else the person may break the door down. Kerry quickly dialed 911 and set the phone down on the coffee table. Then, the person tried opening the locked door. Kerry couldn’t stay still anymore, she turned around to face the door, but the person was gone.

She wasn’t sure what to do at that point, but she heard a voice coming out of the phone. It was still connected to 911. Unsure, Kerry picked up the phone and told the dispatcher what just happened. Her hands were shaking and it was hard to hold the phone steady.

Dispatcher: Okay ma’am, stay calm and we’ll send someone over right away. How old are you?

Kerry: Seventeen.

Dispatcher: Are you living alone?

Kerry: No, my parents are just gone for a few days. Can you stay on the phone with me until they come…please?

Kerry was talking to the lady and it calmed her down, until she heard the front door alarm beep, signaling it was opened.

Kerry: I think the police are here, thank you.

She hung up the phone and ran to the door, but it wasn’t a police officer.

It was the man in black.

Kerry screamed and started running the other way towards the garage, but slipped on the tiled floor. Before she could understand what was happening, Kerry felt two large hands squeeze tight around her arms and she was face to face with the mystery man.

They stood like that for a few moments, and then he spoke.

Man: I told you I would get you. I always get what I want.

The voice was vaguely familiar, but she couldn’t put her finger on it. Kerry knew she’d heard it somewhere…

His big hands were squeezing her arms so tight she could feel them start to bruise underneath her thin shirt. She couldn’t help make a wincing face at the shooting pains up her arms when the person started to pull of his mask.

He finally revealed his face to her. The look in his eyes would be one she could never forget.