Eleanor Alternate Ending
She stared at him. Silence choked the air in the room. Oblivious, four year old Susie played happily in the corner.
Eleanor turned, hiding the angry tears that fell from her eyes. She walked quietly to the door.
“Ellie,” her distressed mother called after her.
“Eleanor, don’t you dare walk out of this house,” Alex said, his voice tight with anger and maybe even guilt.
‘Well, you asked me to leave, now I’m leaving,’ she thought, but she didn’t say it out loud, because she never did.
She opened the door and stepped out into the cold night. She closed it softly behind her, and then ran.
Behind the bungalow lay a large forest. It was Eleanor’s most favourite place in the world. She had never been there at night, alone. But she didn’t care. …show more content…
It was just me and Mum before he came along.’
She was thinking so hard she took a while to realise that someone was following her. They made no effort to be quiet, crashing through the undergrowth to her right.
She stopped. Fear replaced the quiet anger that had sat under her heart.
“Hello?” she called softly.
Someone grabbed her from behind, twisting her arms up behind her so she couldn’t move.
“Let go!” she said, squirming and trying to wriggle free.
“Keep still girl,” a man’s voice commanded, and he brought his face close to her ear. She felt his hot breath on her skin, and his body uncomfortably close to hers.
She ignored him
“Get off me!” she cried, panic flaring up in her chest. “What do you want?! Get off!”
“If you don’t quit your squirming I’ll knock you clean out,” he growled, and dug his fists into her back, sending bolts of pain up her spine.
She believed him, and fell still.
Two men slipped out of the darkness towards her. The only light came from the half moon above them. It was big and high and very close.
They looked ordinary enough, not particularly dangerous or menacing. One of them was wearing farm overalls, and the accent told her that they were
Eleanor turned, hiding the angry tears that fell from her eyes. She walked quietly to the door.
“Ellie,” her distressed mother called after her.
“Eleanor, don’t you dare walk out of this house,” Alex said, his voice tight with anger and maybe even guilt.
‘Well, you asked me to leave, now I’m leaving,’ she thought, but she didn’t say it out loud, because she never did.
She opened the door and stepped out into the cold night. She closed it softly behind her, and then ran.
Behind the bungalow lay a large forest. It was Eleanor’s most favourite place in the world. She had never been there at night, alone. But she didn’t care. …show more content…
It was just me and Mum before he came along.’
She was thinking so hard she took a while to realise that someone was following her. They made no effort to be quiet, crashing through the undergrowth to her right.
She stopped. Fear replaced the quiet anger that had sat under her heart.
“Hello?” she called softly.
Someone grabbed her from behind, twisting her arms up behind her so she couldn’t move.
“Let go!” she said, squirming and trying to wriggle free.
“Keep still girl,” a man’s voice commanded, and he brought his face close to her ear. She felt his hot breath on her skin, and his body uncomfortably close to hers.
She ignored him
“Get off me!” she cried, panic flaring up in her chest. “What do you want?! Get off!”
“If you don’t quit your squirming I’ll knock you clean out,” he growled, and dug his fists into her back, sending bolts of pain up her spine.
She believed him, and fell still.
Two men slipped out of the darkness towards her. The only light came from the half moon above them. It was big and high and very close.
They looked ordinary enough, not particularly dangerous or menacing. One of them was wearing farm overalls, and the accent told her that they were