It feels like I've been hiding away in the garage for hours. Then again, maybe one second lasts a lifetime when you're hiding away from a ghost. I have no way to keep track of time, since I left my phone in the house.

I wonder if I should consider switching hiding places. I could sneak back into the house for my phone. I could still survive this. Maybe I could find Lucy and we could run for our lives.

I gather every ounce of strength that I have as I crawl out of my hiding spot. My heart has never banged this hard against my chest. My hands have never been this unsteady. My legs have never felt this weak. I feel hot, fearful tears roll out of my eyes and on to my cheeks as I open the door and step into the dark embrace of the night.

My mouth is open, and I am screaming. I make no sound, of course. But in my head I am screaming.

I make my way to the backyard. Lucy's cellphone is in the swimming pool. I take a deep breath as I go through the sliding door and into the living room. Everything is so dark. I am not even close to the sunrise. I can make out the shiny screen of my cellphone on the coffee table and my heart beats even faster.

I can also hear a dripping sound.

I've heard that sound before.

That's the sound of Sienna's bleeding eye sockets.

I lunge at my phone and I run as fast as I can out of the house.

I can still hear that awful dripping sound.

It's coming from behind me.

It's coming from beside me.

It's coming from in front of me.

In the darkness, all I can make out are bleeding eye sockets.