Chapter 10

Scarlett’s POV

“You both, get down and move away from the windows now,” Ethan yelled to Maria and me. Immediately I heard the window glass shattering; the air was filled with the acrid smell of smoke, and the deafening sound of gunfire was so loud that it made my ear ring.

I screamed till my throat hurt, and the sound of my own voice echoed in my ears.

The gunshots weren’t stopping, and bullets kept flying into the house. I got scared and began crying, “Oh God, oh God, this can't be happening, I’m going to die….

Ethan stood up like he was about to leave, but I held onto his hands. “Where are you going?” I ask, my voice shaking.

“I have to check what’s going on,” he said.

“Are you crazy?!! Stop trying to be a hero and hide; what if you get killed?!” I yelled; the gunshots still hadn’t stopped. Maria was curled up in a corner with her rosary in her hands as she was reciting it.

“You don’t tell me what to do.” He yanked his hand away from my hold and crawled up to the liv