..... she caught her breath... she stood frozen unable to move, her nostrils filled with the heavy scent of gardenias and jasmine, a perfume she had not smelt for many years.
Not daring to move, her eyes flickered around the darkened room trying to make out some sort of figure or catch some sort of movement. Her senses were heightened now in the dark, the sound of her shallow breaths, the thump of her heart in her ears, the feel of the cold slate floor on her bare feet startled her for a moment as she stepped outside into the porch. BANG BANG BANG...
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