The door clicked as it opened and Ellie stepped into her room, pulling her backpack off her shoulder as she did so. As she closed the door behind her, slender fingers making sure to turn the lock on the door, she tossed her bag onto the chair at her desk and turned towards her bed. Her mind was just racing with ideas. She had gotten out early today, business being rather slow, but she was not complaining about that at all...

She had to. She just had to check one more time. Fingers gripping the curtain and carefully pulling it back, Ellie peeked out the window, emerald green eyes darting to the driveway and then the road before she was just as quickly letting go of the curtain to let it fall back into place again. Having seen nothing, she gave a small sigh of relief and stepped back into her room, turning to make her way toward her bed. She ha...