Part One Chapter Twenty-Three I rushed past him, f*****g terrified, and got to a taxi at the rank thankfully one was stood waiting for a fare. I headed home, tears streaming down my face and fear penetrating every inch of my body. I got into the house and locked the doors behind me putting on the chain for extra security. The old feeling of being vulnerable consumed me, my fragile confidence, left smashed around my ankles, why did I ever come back here? I took some breaths to calm myself, but my stress levels would not reduce, I knew him, he was a stalker, he had made my life total hell, and now he knew I was home! Maybe he would leave me alone, but I doubted it, maybe I was overreacting, but I knew I wasn’t fear was consuming me now. I went into the kitchen to make some tea to