The Baby-sitter Peering out of the window, Elisha who was seventeen, wondered how long her boyfriend Neil

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The Baby-sitter

        Peering out of the window, Elisha who was seventeen, wondered how long her boyfriend Neil would be with the Chinese.

        Suddenly a boom of thunder shook the house, followed by a fork of lightning which lit up the surrounding countryside. Hearing a loud cry from upstairs, she realised the oncoming storm had woke her younger sister.

        “God! That’s all I need,” Elisha thought as she grudgingly climbing the stairs.

       She realised that her night of babysitting wasn’t going to be a walk in the park. She tucked her sister, McKenzie back up, read her a story and kissed her on the forehead as she drifted back to sleep.

      Elisha crept back downstairs and started watching T.V, it was 9.30pm, Neil was due to arrive soon.

      ‘Creek!’ Noises were coming from upstairs, it couldn’t be her sister as she had fallen back to sleep.

      ‘Creek!’ Elisha didn’t think much of it.

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      The phone started to ring.

       “Hello?” Elisha answered.

       “Come upstairs, I’m waiting,” the voice replied.

       “Neil pack it in being silly you idiot,” Elisha laughed.

       “Ha ha haaa!” she heard as the phone went dead in her hands. Elisha thought it was just Neil messing about, and chuckled to herself.

      After two minutes the phone began to ring again.

     “What now Neil?” Elisha asked.

      “Come upstairs, I’m still waiting!”

      “Oh shut up ...

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