“Hey, turn around and show yourselves!”
The man barked as soon as light fell on her. Ruth was startled when she heard him. The gleaming light almost blinded her eyes and she covered her eye with the back of her palm. She instantly recognized the voice of the speaker and surreptitiously picked up the broken torch as well as the baseball bat which was lying on the ground beside her feet, even before the man could see it with the help of his torch.
“It’s me, Sir Lucas”
“Miss, is it really you?”
Lucas questioned as he drew closer to catch a glimpse of the intruder.
“Yes, it’s me”
“What are you doing out here in the garden in the middle of the night?”
He asked doubting his discovery. Ruth knew that she would enter into trouble if he finds out the real reason for her sneaking out of the house in the middle night.
“I....huh…heard some noises in the garden”