Chapter 7

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I still couldn't believe I had wrote that. I still debate but I never thought I'd write it down. Thoughts swirled and swam around my brain but I couldn't quiet grasp anything.

Matt had drifted to sleep next to me after eating a banana and some gold fish. He drank half a bottle of water and I drank the other half.

The thoughts still swirled around my head but somehow I locked them up for the night and drifted asleep.

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"Carlie lets go!! They found us!" Matt was viciously shaking me.

I sprung to my feet. I grabbed the backpack that I was in charge of and the blanket I was using and sprinted. The footsteps weren't too far behind. I balled up the blanket and shoved it into the pack. The purple Jansport was now bulging.

Matt was about 40 feet ahead of me and I picked up the pace when I thought I couldn't. My surroundings blurred as I felt someone grab my leg.

All I could think was about how I was caught. They had me now. I'm caught. They got me.

Over and over again.

I hit the ground hard but the footsteps were still trailing me. What happened. I was dragged into a small cave. The opening was shielded by trees.

When I looked up I saw the unthinkable.

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