00:00A sudden, paralyzing wave of terror locked my joints.
00:04I stood frozen in the center of my room, staring at the doorknob.
00:08When I heard them, creak, footsteps, slow, deliberate footsteps creeping back down the
00:19hallway from the master bedroom, they stopped right outside my door.
00:24I could feel him standing there on the other side of the wood.
00:28I knew he had noticed that I had closed the door.
00:32The silence stretched out like a rubber band pulled to its absolute limit.
00:38One second.
00:39Two seconds.
00:41Three terrifying seconds of pure, agonizing suspense as he silently debated whether to
00:48turn the handle.
00:50Then, without warning, the tension snapped.
00:55A frantic, thunderous rush of footsteps sprinted down the hall, hammered down the stairs, and
01:02vanished into the lower floor.
01:04I didn't wait to hear if the front door opened or closed.
01:07I threw myself at the door, locked the deadbolt, threw my dresser against the frame, and dialed
01:14911 with fingers that refused to stop shaking.
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