Chapter 7 - Elena Protects Leo Inside The Reinforced Kitchen Pantry
Inside the small, windowless pantry behind the kitchen, Elena held Leo tightly against her shoulder, listening to the heavy footsteps outside.
The heavy steel door was locked with an electronic keypad, but she could hear someone trying to punch override numbers into the lock outside.
“Elena... look at my tablet,” Leo whispered, holding up the glowing screen, which showed a live schematic of the entire house layout.
“Dad built a secret maintenance crawlspace behind the wine rack... it leads straight out to the guest house near the forest driveway.”
Elena looked at the tiny seven-year-old boy, amazed by his extraordinary intelligence and calm courage under such terrifying conditions.
“Is your father going to be okay, Leo?” Elena asked, her voice trembling as another gunshot echoed faintly through the floorboards above.
“My dad was a Special Forces captain before he met my mom,” Leo said proudly, his young gray eyes shining with total, unshakeable trust.
“He knew Mom was going to try something like this... that’s why he taught me how to record the security cameras three weeks ago.”
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Outside the pantry door, a loud metallic scrape sounded as someone began using a heavy crowbar to pry open the steel frame of the door.
Elena looked at the wine rack in the corner, grabbing a heavy cast-iron skillet from the shelf to defend the boy with her life.
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