Way Back Into Love (Essie) novel Chapter 11

It was late at night, and the weather shifted around them. Dark clouds were gathering in the skies, and soon enough, thunder blasted across the city.

In her room, small night lights emitted a dim light. However, Essie couldn't help but shift and turn under the covers of her bed.

Ever since she was a kid, she had suffered from claustrophobia. Essie made sure to have night lights plugged around her room to help ease her anxiety.

Even then, she still couldn't fall asleep as her mind drifted towards Hanson.

Although he was going to get married, she still liked him. This love had lasted for more than five years, and she still couldn't find it in herself to get over him.

If the girl he intended to marry wasn't the one she hated, then maybe she would have already moved on and have given all her heartfelt wishes. Seeing as he had chosen Sunny, it pissed her off to no end.

Essie groaned, wanting nothing more but to claw her face.

A fierce wind came, rustling the leaves in the backyard. Lightning fell from the skies, crackling around them. The rain fell harder as thunders rumbled, as if ready to consume the world.

She jumped off the bed, closed the windows, and drew up the curtain. As she walked back to the bed, thunder sounded before her and the night lamp she had up suddenly turned off.

Suddenly, her entire room was void of light.

Everything around her turned deathly still.

Essie's nerves tightened as she fumbled around her bed for her phone, but she couldn't find it. "Shit," she murmured.

The more she thought about this, the more fearful she became. Her mind was in a daze as darkness wrapped around her, threatening to eat her alive. She wanted to get out of here, but the door was blocked by all the furniture she dragged across the room. Her legs trembled as she tried to push the sofa away. Her breathing was already turning unstable as she slammed her fists against the cushions.

"Let me out, don't lock me, let me out..." The terrible childhood memory flashed before her eyes, and she found that she couldn't breathe anymore. Her heart beat heavily in her chest as she fell to the ground, trembling violently.

"Zac!" she shrieked out. "Help me–please!"