Crybaby - Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven of the blockbuster new novel, Crybaby by best selling, multi-award-winning author Mark Watson...

CRYBABY

©Copyright 2024 by Mark Watson

CHAPTER 7

Jack

Jack ran headlong and uncontrolled into the forest, wearing only the pajamas he’d been woken up in at the police station. After just a few steps of blind panic, he realized he couldn’t go any further; the forest was blacker than the darkest night, and the trees and bushes blocked his path. He turned and was fortunate enough to spot that he could still see some light from the village; he hadn’t run too far into the forest to get lost. Jack turned back and made his way to the very edge of the forest and village, too afraid to leave the darkness. As the adrenaline wore off, he began to wonder if he could make it to safety by running at full speed across the clearing to the houses, where he would bang on a door until someone let him in. Safety! What a joke, thought Jack. He should have been safe in the police station; where could be safer? It had been the strongest building in the town, and Crybaby had knocked it down flat.

“As flat as piss…