" Not much to do about the staircase. Hallways open, climbing wouldn't be too hard. I knocked over a bookcase over it. Maybe he'll trip on Stephen King." The man snorted darkly.
"I pushed the dresser in front of the bedroom door. You want me to go down to the kitchen? Where he is and leave her alone? I'm up on the landing now." The man spoke. He was breathing heavily.
In checking the security features, she sees that a silent alarm has already been triggered to a security company. The police should have been called... but... something tells her that this is wrong. No sirens are sounding. Some peering into the inner relays of communication for the security system reveals that the outside phone line has been cut. The house is dark to the outside world.
"One minute." Kristen announces. The van is slowing now, they must be on a residential road. One minute to what? Who was 'R' who had been sent for Cassandra? How dangerous was he? How dangerous was the situation that they were driving into?
"How are they doing?"