Tag: scared
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Sunlight
PHOTO PROMPT © Rowena Curtin As I looked down the crowded alley, I wondered if it would be safe to walk down alone. I remembered what had happened the last time I was in an alley and suddenly I knew I couldn’t safely make it down the alley. Jason had been there, lurking. Waiting for…
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The Shed
PHOTO PROMPT © David Stewart As I stood on the sidewalk, I couldn’t decide if I should call the police or check out the shed by myself. I knew the man had come this way, but where could he have gone? Was he really hiding inside the shed or was he just waiting for me?…
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In the House
“Somebody’s here. Somebody’s in the house.” I desperately tried to find my phone while trying to not make noise or turn on the lights. I wondered why Henry hadn’t started barking, but then I realized that meant something else entirely. Either Henry knew who was stumbling through my house or whoever it was had done something to him. As I struggled to…
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The Clue
“It was a major clue. A major red flag things would never work out between the two of us.” I repeated my new mantra as I moved my furniture out of Sean’s apartment. He wasn’t supposed to be home for the next few hours so I was hoping he really would stay at work until…
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Terror in the Woods
I have always been terrified to go into forests of any kind simply because of a dream I had when I was nine. As I grew older, I tried to convince myself the boogeyman didn’t exist and men didn’t live in the mountain caves down the street from our house. It was a dream I had had on several…