As she got closer she started to hear someone humming softly to themselves.
She guessed it was the someone who had been running the sink, since the faucet noise had stopped and instead she had started to hear the scraping of cast iron on metal.
Was that gasoline she smelled? Mmm. Yup, someone was cooking.
After that thought she immediately dismissed any suspicions she had entertained. After all, if they had bad intentions then why were they going through the trouble of making such delicious smelling food right now?
It smelled like chicken chutney, with mashed potatoes and basil and….was that cornbread? YES ! It was! That settled it, she was going in the kitchen whether her leg…and body…hurt or not!
She tried to gingerly lift herself off of her bedding but her muscles screamed loudly in protest. The person humming, if it was indeed a person, stayed where they were – then started moving closer to the section of the house that she was laying in. ..