"David Bowie held my hands as a reassurance that everything was goin to be alright. No matter what, I knew that we would get through the zombie apocalypse that had brought us together in the first place. I got up to grab some food packets from the small reserve we had left, and I came back to see the room empty! Was David abducted by the zombies!?

'No!' I screamed.

Next chapter: 

I couldn't believe that David had disappeared! Who knew what was happening to him right now?

'Angel?' came a familiar voice. 'Are you okay? I heard you screaming!'

'Oh David, you're okay!'

'Ya... I just had to use the restroom.'

'Oh...'"

I'm reading a book where practically the same thing happened, and I immediately came here to try and prevent this from happening again.

If you're making a cliff hanger that lasts two chapters, then make it a huge cliff and not just a little hill! Readers don't want to wait however long it takes for you to update just for the cliff to have a soft landing. While it may seem like a good idea to keep readers without changing something drastic in the story, it will just lead even more readers to leave due to the fact that people something to happen when there's a cliff hanger. If you understand plot points better then what I'm trying to say, then it's like a rising action without a climax, it just doesn't work!

If your wondering if your cliff hanger is more of a hill than a cliff, then make it have more of an affect on the characters and the story.

Have a good weekend!
~ Ellie