Chapter 105
Noah’s voice richoted off of the concrete walls like bullets, echoing from behind me as I ran blindly into the darkened corridor. He was more than angry this time and his rage poured out of him like lava from an erupting volcano, burning and destroying everything around it. I had outsmarted him not to mention. managed to actually defend myself against him and Noah hated that. My triumph was laced heavily with fear as I knew if Noah caught up with me I would pay a heavy price.
“You fucking bitch!”
“You can’t get away from me!”
“I’m going to make you pay, Ellie!”
I ignored his threats and insults, stumbling over freezing cold ground as I tried to find somewhere to hide of some way out getting out. The place seemed like a maze and there was very little to distinguish one tunnel like corridor from another. There were no windows, at least, not here anyway and there was next to no light leaving me to feel around desperately in the darkness. My chest hurt from how hard and fast I was breathing, my lungs burning from each ragged breath and my feet felt like I had been walking over glass.
Eventually Noah’s ranting seemed to fade. Perhaps I was making progress or maybe he went in the other direction or maybe he was actually toying with me and making me think he had no clue where I was. I tried to shake the paranoid thoughts away but every little noise had me flinching or jumping out of my
skin.
I didn’t want to think about what Noah would do if he caught me so instead I focused on putting one foot carefully in front of another, feeling through the debris and dirt with my toes while keeping myself pressed to the wall. Every part of me was screaming that we weren’t going to get out of here so I kept repeating to myself that eventually I’d find an exit.
*I’m going to get out of here
I’m going to get out of here
I’m going to get out of here
I’m going to get out of here
God, I really hope I get out of here…”
Just when I thought I had gone down a dead end, the rough cold concrete suddenly morphed into smooth like cold steel making me freeze. For a moment I didn’t dare move, the sound of my heart thundering in my ears while my mind tried to wrap around what I was feeling. Was this a door? Had I finally found something? A way out?
Oh god, please…
It took everything in me not to just go crazy banging around looking for a handle or something to open
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what I hoped was a door. The energy and adrenaline buzzed in me making me tremble like I was cold. Even my breath was shaking as I fought with the rising panic that at any second Noah would appear to drag me back into the darkness.
I found a handle.
I clamped my hand over my own mouth to silence the sobs of relief that instantly racked my body. It was too soon to be acting like I was free but this small metal device had given me hope.
The door led into a stairwell which was dark save for the emergency exit lighting and even that was struggling against the Inky black void in the stairwell. The stairs led upwards only reaffirming my earlier thoughts that I was in a sub–basement level of the building. I didn’t have time to contemplate the architecture and layout of the building though. I needed to get to the next level or something to see if there were any exits to the outside world.
I made it to the next floor quickly despite the dim light and dark shadows. The first door I came across wouldn’t budge leaving me with no choice but to the next level.
Noah had to have worked out which direction I went in by now giving me little time. He had fallen silent a while ago which meant I could gage where he was. I told myself it didn’t water though. I was getting out of here once I made it to the next floor. 1
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Helen McRae
why didn’t she take the car if it was sitting there idling?
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