A woman comes home to finds a wounded fugitive in her house. His partner has taken her daughter. The woman must help the man get medical attention and escape if she ever wants to see her daughter again.

Of course (picture me slapping my forehead). I had a few runs at it, but couldn’t get it to read well. Thanks. I am going to try and write it as a contained thriller. Never written anything contained.

I like Lee’s variation. The twist at the end is that once he escapes her phone rings and her daughter has just been at a friend’s house.

There will also be a bit of the Stockholm syndrome.

“Cat and Mouse” is quiet where my mind is at, but it does need something. I’ll let it brew in the brain and see what happens. I’ll write it with a number of statis shifts. More of an arm wrestle. She will also come to gain some compassion or empathy for him. This is not to say she will protect him, but the hatred lessens. So when she finds she has been deceived she is not desperate to call the police.

Not an easy task to pull off, but I think I am up to it.

Good point. A ticking clock is needed. She doesn’t try to break free because that would sign a death warrant for her daughter (perhaps). Her daughter is her focus.

She must achieve his goals to achieve her own.

I was thinking of moving it to a hospital, but I am trying to keep it in a single location, as long as the story doesn’t suffer.

I think the premise can handle a single location.