1.

It was that terrifying feeling you have as you tightly hold the covers over you with the
knowledge that there is something hiding under your bed. You want to look, but you
don't at the same time. You're frozen with fear and unable to act. That's where she
found herself and she didn't know what to do next

2. There are only three ways to make this work. The first is to let me take care of
everything. The second is for you to take care of everything. The third is to split
everything 50 / 50. I think the last option is the most preferable, but I'm certain it'll
also mean the end of our marriage.

3. The rain and wind abruptly stopped, but the sky still had the gray swirls of storms in
the distance. Dave knew this feeling all too well. The calm before the storm. He only
had a limited amount of time before all Hell broke loose, but he stopped to admire the
calmness. Maybe it would be different this time, he thought, with the knowledge deep
within that it wouldn't.

4. The words hadn't flowed from his fingers for the past few weeks. He never imagined
he'd find himself with writer's block, but here he sat with a blank screen in front of
him. That blank screen taunting him day after day had started to play with his mind.
He didn't understand why he couldn't even type a single word, just one to begin the
process and build from there. And yet, he already knew that the eight hours he was
prepared to sit in front of his computer today would end with the screen remaining
blank.

5. Turning away from the ledge, he started slowly down the mountain, deciding that he
would, that very night, satisfy his curiosity about the man-house. In the meantime, he
would go down into the canyon and get a cool drink, after which he would visit some
berry patches just over the ridge, and explore among the foothills a bit before his nap-
time, which always came just after the sun had walked past the middle of the sky. At
that period of the day the sun’s warm rays seemed to cast a sleepy spell over the silent
mountainside, so all of the animals, with one accord, had decided it should be the hour
for their mid-day sleep.

6. Dave watched as the forest burned up on the hill, only a few miles from her house.
The car had been hastily packed and Marta was inside trying to round up the last of
the pets. Dave went through his mental list of the most important papers and
documents that they couldn't leave behind. He scolded himself for not having
prepared these better in advance and hoped that he had remembered everything that
was needed. He continued to wait for Marta to appear with the pets, but she still was
nowhere to be seen.