“Is someone out there right now?” she whispered frantically.

“I don’t know,” I breathed, my heart pounding in my ears.

I quickly reached up and switched off the overhead light, plunging the unit into total darkness.

A car engine roared to life nearby.

Through the narrow gap under the roll-up door, bright headlights swept across the wet gravel outside.

The light paused right outside our unit for a few agonizing seconds before moving slowly away down the lane.

Neither of us dared to breathe until the sound of the engine faded completely into the distance.