I awoke from a peaceful slumber as a bloodcurdling scream
startled me this morning. I'll never forget that scream. It was the
most terrifying screech I had ever heard. It sounded like an elderly
man was suffering a harrowing breakdown. My blood began to run
colder and colder. My ears were in excruciating pain. Shivers ran
down my spine. The world turned into a single human body with its
heavy heartbeat thumping on the living room floor. THUMP THUMP
The rear door slammed shut behind me, as if someone wanted to
confine me to my living room. The room grew silent for the first
time today. No sound except my hurried and heavy breathing. A
painful tremor shot throughout my body. Suddenly, the air
seemed to be void of oxygen. I gasped for air to no avail. The
room went dark. My entire world collapsed. Nothing but opaque
blackness. Silence.
It was an experience that I would never forget. I was drowning in a
sea of sweat. My body grew stiff. I attempted to raise my ankles
and wrists into the air but was too frightened. The silence was
finally broken by a single word. A groan followed by a hefty
footstep. Then as if I was inside a snow globe, my reality was
abruptly turned upside down. I heard something that halted my
dripping heated tears. I listened intently, straining to hear each
word, attempting to identify the voice that whispered, "Audrey,
Audrey, Audrey, Audrey!" The words rolled around in my ears
repeatedly. The voice still ringing in my ears was familiar. I
paused until it came to me. "It's Dad!" I dashed to the back door as
quickly as I could, knowing that if I didn't make it in time, anything
could happen. I extended out my hand as I spotted the flyscreen
door. When I opened the it, there was my dad's horrified face. A
spider the size of my pinky nail was crawling across his forehead.
My world stopped. My heart stopped. I dozed off again...