When they were about five miles away from Harrison's house, the music on the radio was interrupted by a news:
"Cheshire police issued a serious warning after a man escaped from Colford mental hospital earlier tonight. The man named John Downey is a murderer who killed six people before he was arrested two years ago. He was described as tall, very strong and extremely dangerous. People in Cheshire are warned to lock doors and windows and call the police immediately if they see anyone behaving abnormally. "
Mary was trembling. "A crazy killer. He's somewhere. This is terrible. "
"Don't worry," said her husband. "We are coming now. Anyway, we have more important things to worry about. The car is losing power for some reason-it must be the old engine problem. If it goes bad, we'll have to stay at Harrison's tonight and fix it before we go back tomorrow. "
As he spoke, the car began to slow down. Finally, they stopped when the engine stopped completely. Just as they stopped, George pulled over and stopped under a big tree.
"Fried!" George said angrily. "Now we will have to walk in the rain."
"But it will take us at least an hour," said Mary. "I'm wearing high heels and beautiful clothes. They will be destroyed! '
"Well, you have to wait, I ran to the nearest house to call the Harrison family. Someone can come out and pick us up, "said George.
"But George! Have you forgotten what you said on the radio? There's a murderer outside! You can't leave me here alone! "
"You have to hide in the back of the car. Lock all the doors and lie on the floor in the back, under the blanket. No one will see you. When I come back, I will knock on the door three times. Then you can get up and open it. Don't open the door unless you hear three knocks at the door. " George opened the door and slipped into the rain. He soon disappeared into the darkness.
Mary quickly locked the door, sat down under the blanket at the back and waited for a long time. She is afraid and worried, but she is a strong-willed woman. However, she didn't wait long before she heard a strange scratching sound. It seems to be coming from the roof of the car.
Mary was frightened. She held her breath and listened. Then she heard three slow knocks at the door, one after another, also on the roof. Is it her husband? Should she open the door? Then she heard another knock at the door, another one. This is not her husband. Someone or something. She was trembling with fear, but she forced herself to lie still. The knock on the door continued-bang, bang, bang.
Many hours later, when the sun rose, she was still lying there. She didn't sleep for a moment The knock on the door never stopped all night. She doesn't know what to do. Where is George? Why didn't he come to her?
Suddenly, she heard the sound of three or four cars and galloped along the road. They all stopped around her and their tires screeched on the road. Finally! Someone's coming! Mary sat up quickly and looked out of the window.
All three cars are police cars, and two of them are still on. Several policemen jumped out. When Mary opened the car door, one of them rushed to the car. He held her hand.
"Get off and walk with me to the police car, miss. You are safe now. Look ahead. Keep looking at the police car. Don't look back. Just don't look back. "
The way he spoke filled Mary with fear. She can't help herself. About ten yards from the police car, she stopped and turned to look back at the empty car.
George was hung from a tree above the car with a rope around his neck. As the wind blows his body back and forth, his feet gently bump on the roof-bump, bump, bump, bump …
It's an autumn night, and it's raining heavily, because it's very cold, the cool wind is blowing, and there are no pedestrians on the street. In the house in the suburbs, Billy and his wife Anna are talking to his brother William on the phone. "Come to my house. All my friends are here. Everyone wants to meet you. We can have a drink all night." William shouted first during that time. "But it's too late now, and it's still raining outside. I'm afraid it's safe to drive and wait for the road. We'll see you tomorrow. " William's roar came from the other end of the phone: "Why are you so timid? It just rained, and it must come now! " "But ..." Stop it. Wait, Billy was cut off. Then Billy and Anna barely put on their coats, went out to get the car, and drove on the highway in his factory's Ford car to live at their brother's house in the city. Although they didn't like this environment very much, they drove to see it quickly. The two brothers were on the road, listening to the radio and talking. The excitement of country music had spread to the town unconsciously. At this moment, the female music announcer on the radio was suddenly interrupted by the sound! "Urgent notice, everyone, the prisoner who escaped from the mental hospital just now has killed seven people by cruel means. It is estimated that he has fled to the vicinity of Road 4 now. Please don't go out and walk around in this area to avoid being attacked. Please note that this is a dangerous person." After repeated several times, the announcer, radio and music sounded. "Billy, will this do? We are number 4, will nothing happen? " Anna asked in a fearful and trembling voice. "Well, we're driving, and there won't be any more demands ..." Before Billy finished, the car suddenly stalled. "This damn broken car, something is wrong at this time!" Billy shouted angrily, "I'll go and see what happened." He got off the bus to pay the bill, went back to the car and said to his wife, "Honey, this car seems to be broken, and there seems to be a telephone booth to be repaired. Let's call my brother. Maybe he can pick us up in the car and we'll fix it tomorrow." "But now it's raining so hard, where are my shoes?" Anna said as she looked at the new high heels on his feet. "I see. I'm leaving. You can wait for me in the car. I'll be back." Billy said. "But what about the radio? I'm afraid ... "Anna grabbed Billy and said. "Well, I walked behind you and sat in the back seat. The door was locked. Then I put down a cushion to cover myself. Don't sit up and don't open the door for anyone. If I go back to the next door, I will know that I am like this. You can knock at the door for me. Don't worry, honey, I'll be back in 0/0 minutes. Billy soon disappeared into the rain. Anna locked her husband's car, then covered herself with a cushion in the back seat of the car and waited for Billy. Ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, and half an hour passed! Billy never came back! Anna was too scared to move. Just then, she heard a knock at the door and got through. Contact. Contact. Anna was glad that her husband was back. She just opened it and suddenly heard another voice, a connection. Contact. Connect. " Don't! This isn't Billy! "Anna was called out. She wanted to go out and see what was going on, but she didn't dare. The strange knock on the door kept ringing, and Billy didn't come back. Anna was lying in the back seat, unable to breathe air. After a while, Anna fell asleep unconsciously, and only heard the vague sound of rain and connection outside. Contact. Contact. The next morning, the rain stopped and Anna was awakened by the calm voice. She opened the car door and looked around. There were many police cars parked. A police officer rushed to hold her and asked, "Are you Mrs. Billy?" "I am. "Anna replied in confusion, suddenly remembering that her husband had not returned all night!" Ok, please come with us. We'll send you something at the railway station. The policeman said in the direction where she was going, "Don't look back, don't look back, come with me." "When Anna walked to the edge of the police, curiosity prompted her to look back and was shocked to see her. Except for a hemp around Billy's neck, his car was hung from the branch of a tree, and the wind, with Billy's body, knocked on the door and connected it. Contact. Contact.