At the corner of the house she stopped to catch her breath. She could hear music playing somewhere down the street. Closer, a dog barked.As she waited in the deep shadow at the edge of the house, she measured the distance and the light she would have to pass through to reach the second window.When she’d sneaked into the house earlier, she’d left the window unlocked. But she had no way of knowing if someone had discovered it. If so, they might not have merely relocked it—they could be waiting for her.Fear had her heart pounding and her breath coming out in painful bursts. If she got caught— She couldn’t let herself think about that.The dog stopped barking for a moment. All she could hear was the faint music drifting on the night breeze. She fought to keep her breathing in check as she inched along the side of the house to the first window.A light burned inside, but the drapes were closed. Still, she waited to make sure she couldn’t hear anyone on the other side of the glass before she moved.Ducking, she slipped quickly through a shaft of illumination from a streetlamp and stopped at the second bedroom window.There, she waited for a few moments.
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