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for the kitchen. She walked through the foyer, and turned down the hall that led to the back of the house. She couldn’t find a light switch so she placed her palm on the wall and felt her way along into the kitchen. The room was black except for a tiny bit of starlight coming through the window. Where’s the darn switch? She decided that she would bring a flashlight next time she came to the house at night.
    A crash from the second floor rocked the quiet and Angie jumped. Her heart started to race and a flash of anxiety shot down her spine, but then she realized what must have caused the noise. The cat must have knocked something over upstairs. There was a second staircase in the kitchen and Angie thought there must be a light switch at the bottom of the steps so she edged through the dark kitchen to find it. Passing the kitchen table, two green glowing eyes stared at her. Angie yelped in surprise. She put her hand to her face and chuckled.
    “Euclid. You need to stop scaring me.” She shook her head at how jumpy she was. She started to reach out to scratch Euclid’s cheek when the thump of hurried footsteps from the front staircase caused Angie to freeze in place. Someone is in the house! Euclid turned towards the noise, arched his back, and hissed low in his throat. Panic flooded Angie’s veins, fear practically choked her. She held her breath and listened trying to hear which way the footsteps were headed. The foyer wood floor creaked. The front door opened and shut. A rush of air escaped from Angie’s lungs. Who had been in the house?
    The back door opened behind her with a creak. A scream escaped from Angie’s throat.

Chapter 4
    A figure stepped into the kitchen through the back door. The person let out a piercing scream in concert with Angie’s shriek. The open door let a stream of moonlight into the dark kitchen and recognition stopped Angie’s panic.
    Gasping, she said, “Courtney. I didn’t know it was you. I didn’t know who was coming through the door.”
    “You scared the heck out of me,” Courtney said, her breathing quick and shallow. She had her hand pressed against her chest over her heart. “Why are you standing in the dark screaming?”
    “I couldn’t find the light.” Angie wheezed.
    Courtney felt along the wall, found the switch plate and turned on the lights.
    Angie let out a long breath and plopped onto one of the kitchen chairs, rubbing her forehead.
    “What’s wrong with you? You’re screaming because you can’t find the light switch?” Courtney stood in front of her sister trying to understand what was going on.
    Angie stood up abruptly. “Someone was in the house. Upstairs. I was in here and I heard a crash, then someone’s footsteps on the front staircase. Whoever it was, he left through the front door. I was terrified. Then you came in through the back and scared me to death.”
    Courtney stepped closer to her sister, her eyes wide. “Who was it? Who could it have been? He must have heard you in here and took off.” She took hold of Angie’s arm. “Come on.” She tugged Angie towards the hallway. “Let’s go upstairs and see what he was doing up there.”
    Angie hesitated. “I don’t know. We need to go and lock the front door. Oh, wait. Lock the back door first.”
    Courtney’s blue eyes were blazing with anger over the intruder. She asked Angie, “Where’s your phone? Call the police. Report it. No one is supposed to be in this house.”
    Angie reached for her phone and made the call to the police while her sister locked the back door.
    “Where’s Euclid?” Angie looked around the kitchen. “He was right here. He heard the person, too. He was hissing.”
    “Let’s see if he’s in the dining room.” Courtney led the way through the hall and back into the foyer. They locked the front door and then searched the two front rooms without locating the cat. A meow from upstairs brought the young women to the bottom of the staircase. Euclid was looking down