Janis Anderson Yelton

I Know You're Hiding & I'll Find You Janis Anderson Yelton

I Know You're Hiding I'll Find You

Dawn Standers enjoyed living near the top of a mountain until one pitch-black, dangerously cold night, her car ran out of gas - leaving her strained on a desolate stretch of road, fifteen miles from her home, with only dense woods along the way. Being a well-known author, Dawn Standers had enjoyed the peace and tranquility the mountains provided for her writing, and liked being in close proximity to her publisher. But the events that take place tonight will change everything.

Dawn's shiny new Lexus sputtered twice before coming to a complete stop.

"Oh no - I'm not out of gas again." she said loudly.

Dawn had met with her publisher and chastised herself for not checking the fuel gauge before leaving the village. In frustration, she laid her head on her steering wheel. It was then that she spotted it - a light in the distance. Feeling as though she must seek refuge from the cold, Dawn decided to follow the light, believing it must be coming from a cabin on the other side of the mountain.
 
After hours of struggling in the darkness around pines and through thick underbrush, Standers had lost all feeling in her limbs; so when she saw the cabin, she felt a sense of relief. But as she walked closer, she heard a woman's screams.

Not knowing what to do, but knowing she must find shelter from the cold, she quietly walked up the steps to the nearest window; but in doing so, toppled over a stack of firewood. Knowing she must have been heard, she ran back into the woods and hid behind a tree.

She watched as a man, with a fire poker in his hand, flung open the cabin door. She once again began to run, but as she did, she glanced behind her. The cabin door remained open and the light coming from inside lit up a small section of the woods - enough that she was able to see the man was running behind her!
 
Knowing she was unable to outrun him, she once again hid behind a tree. As he approached the spot where she was hiding, he suddenly stopped and stood quietly. Dawn was sure he was listening for noises - noises he hoped she would make. She now wondered if he had been following her by listening to sticks breaking beneath her feet as she ran.

As he walked on, he began to slash through the underbrush with the fire poker and saying again and again: "I know you're hiding and I'll find you."

She remained hiding until his voice sounded off in the distance. She set off in the direction where she believed she had left her car, struggling to continue. Twice she had thought she heard him and dropped to the ground, hiding in the underbrush.

Finally she spotted her car. That would be the last thing she would remember.

I Know You're Hiding & I'll Find You has an unpredictable ending. This is Janis Anderson Yelton at her best!