301 In Which Sounds Are Haunting

Guns had always scared Angela, probably more than lightning and thunder if not equally. She could write a bloody and horrifying scene in her books, but her heart would always be racing whenever she did.

While she was on the phone with Gael, she heard noises from outside the front door. It sounded as though they were fighting in the hallway. She halted in the middle of the sentence when the commotion caught her attention and walked towards the front door. But just as she reached the entryway, a shot was fired. She flinched and froze in place, her mind racing as she stared at her door, wondering what was happening behind it.