Excerpt: All to no Avail!

I falter for a split second with the shock of being free then I jump over him and run to the door right at the end of the hallway. I hear him swearing as he gets to his feet unsteadily and starts to run after me. My heart is pounding furiously and I crash through the door into the dowdy living room with a small scream. I turn left to the door which I know leads to the kitchen, then to freedom. As I reach the door he bounds into the living room looking murderous. I feel a gut retching wave of terror as he follows. I flee into the kitchen and wind my way across the room avoiding the little table in the centre. I hit the front door and it doesn’t open. I scream frantically and push again, the door remains persistently shut. Cole skids into the room and crashes with the table and chairs, I use this moment to flick the lock at the top of the door off and push the door again, thankfully this time it opens and I dash outside. Cole is yelling something as he untangles himself from the jumble of wooden furniture but I can’t hear him, the wind is in my ears, the cool breeze is upon my face and I just keep running and I never look back. The stones on the ground cut into my bare feet but ignore them; I barely feel it, my excitement of finally being free is just too great.
There is a huge slam on my back and I scream out as I fall to the ground. I hear it echoing around the darkness. Cole gets to his feet first, and I don’t have chance, the fall has completely winded me. He is breathing heavily like me; he pins me to the ground by holding my arms, he then twists me round so that I’m restrained like a criminal with my arms behind my back. I struggle desperately against him but he just holds me tighter until his nails are digging into my skin and it feels like my arms might just break. I keep screaming wildly; I was so close, so close. I feel his breath in my ear all of a sudden.
“You’re going to pay for that”