Six Sentence Sunday

From Tender Return, available at Red Rose Publishing.  The story takes place in 1943 during World War II:

Meagan Murphy  bolted upright.  She strained to hear what woke her, but the room remained silent.

She squinted until her eyes adjusted to the muted rays from the streetlight below her window.  Shadowed movement of tree limbs outside danced across the wall. Everything took on a eerie form.  The sweater she'd draped over the chair gave the appearance of someone sitting, and when she realized it wasn't, she released a pent up breath.