22 - Ghost Beach
“But my feet felt glued to the floor.
As if the ghostly figure were holding me there, keeping me from escaping.
Terri let out a low cry. She bumped me from behind.
I think she had stumbled. But her bump got us both moving.
I took one last glance back at the pale, flickering figure. His bony frame shimmered in the eerie candlelight.
He started toward us, his mouth twisted into a strange grin. The dark eyes gazed at us blankly, like black buttons on a snowman.
Then we turned and ran.
Terri sprinte...d ahead of me through the tunnel, her sneakers slapping the wet floor. Slipping and stumbling, I struggled to keep up with her.
My legs felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds. The blood pulsed so hard at my temples, I thought my head might explode.
“Go! Go! Go!” I shouted all the way.
I turned and glanced back.
He was coming after us!
“Noooo!” I screamed.
I shouldn’t have turned back.
I stumbled over a jagged rock—and went sprawling on the hard floor.
I landed hard on my elbows and knees.MoreLess
As if the ghostly figure were holding me there, keeping me from escaping.
Terri let out a low cry. She bumped me from behind.
I think she had stumbled. But her bump got us both moving.
I took one last glance back at the pale, flickering figure. His bony frame shimmered in the eerie candlelight.
He started toward us, his mouth twisted into a strange grin. The dark eyes gazed at us blankly, like black buttons on a snowman.
Then we turned and ran.
Terri sprinte...d ahead of me through the tunnel, her sneakers slapping the wet floor. Slipping and stumbling, I struggled to keep up with her.
My legs felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds. The blood pulsed so hard at my temples, I thought my head might explode.
“Go! Go! Go!” I shouted all the way.
I turned and glanced back.
He was coming after us!
“Noooo!” I screamed.
I shouldn’t have turned back.
I stumbled over a jagged rock—and went sprawling on the hard floor.
I landed hard on my elbows and knees.MoreLess
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