“Spencer!” Madison whispered loudly. “Come here!”

“Where are you?” Spencer whispered back.

“By the door!”

Great, because Spencer totally knew where the door was. She sighed lightly and followed where she thought Madison’s voice had come from. She ended up bumping into Madison, but quickly steadied herself.

“Why are we just sitting here Maddi? Open the door.”

Madison quickly grabbed for Spencer’s hands in the dark before she could do anything stupid.  

“There are people out there Spence. Listen.”

Spencer shakily steadied her breathing and stuck her ear against the door. She heard the sound of lowered voices from outside. Spencer guessed they couldn’t be more than a foot away from the door.

“You’re lucky that she wasn’t home. She would’ve killed you for this.” A woman’s voice was speaking, as if she were scolding her child. “What part of a clean job don’t you get? Clean means no witnesses and no hostages.”

Spencer’s breath caught in her throat. They were witnesses and hostages.

“But don’t worry. I will speak with Ashley before she gets to you.” The woman gave a dry chuckle. “But don’t look relieved. She still won’t take something this stupid too lightly.”

“I’m s-sorry Ms. Davies. They weren’t supposed to be there. It was just supposed to-”

“Don’t make it worse Allen. I’ve heard the story once already. Now why don’t you follow orders correctly this time, and check on them.”

The next thing Spencer heard was the click of the lock on the door. She looked at Madison in surprise. Being in such close proximity, Spencer could see the wild look on Madison’s face.

“Get the window open Spence.”

Spencer didn’t ask any questions as she raced back over to the window. She could hear the door knob shaking in the background, which only quickened her haste. Pushing on the window, she was relieved to find it wasn’t locked. Before she could turn and find Madison, a voice rang in her ears.

“I really don’t think you should do that.”

The voice was soft and feminine, the same voice from before. Spencer immediately froze in her tracks, contemplating on whether or not to jump headfirst out of the window.

“There’s really no use.” The voice continued. Light blinded Spencer momentarily when the light switch was flicked on. “We’ll catch you within minutes.” Still not convinced, Spencer stayed where she was. “Besides, you wouldn’t want to leave your dear little friend would you?”