Chapters 6 - 8 Summary

After Stephanie and Jack run back inside in Chapter 6, the strange man begins tapping on the door with his shotgun. The group hears a clank like a deadbolt, and then the man walks away. Betty describes the man as the devil himself. Randy tries the doorknob but cannot open the door. They reach the back door just as the man gets there and locks it also. Betty will tell them only that she believes the man is there to kill them. As the group is making plans to secure the house, they hear the man walking on the roof.

The men run upstairs to make sure the windows are locked. As Jack leaves, Stephanie's mind wanders back across all of the times that Jack has left her in the past, especially on the anniversary of Melissa's birthday. When the men come...