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| Flashlight! I thought. Candles. Quick, while I could still find them. I ran for the kitchen. I opened the utility cabinet, next to the refrigerator. Something smacked against the window......... | |
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| I turned on the light in the hallway and headed toward Pete's room. | |
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| The snake couldn't be in my room. He just couldn't be. I'd be perfectly safe here under the covers. | |
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