Ash was after Matthew like a shot, skidding as he took the corner to take the stairs two at a time, barely glancing towards the kitchen where his father was sitting. Matthew was only just ahead of him, so he vaulted the bannister and slipped through the parlour to the front door to cut him off, stumbling a little as the hallway rug slipped under his bare feet. “Ah ha!” he exclaimed in victory as he cut off the doorway to the real world. He had him now!