Our Little Secret

Chapter 7: The Note and an Unexpected Visit

In the end, the good are promised everything, and the evil are promised nothing. You must struggle to be the person society says for you to be. - The Book of Well-Being

I uncrumple the note and read,

3:30 am, Wednesday, you know where.

Oh my gosh, I can't believe he took the risk of giving me a note in front of my family! Now he is really taking it to far. I mean not only did he get me into this mess, but for right now there is no way out of it. Although the skeptical
part of me agrees, I can't help the feeling that going to the beach five weeks ago was the best day of my life.

Suddenly a thought hits me a train. What if the bondsmen (The Gaurdian's slaves) saw Neal and my tracker devices and paired then up? That would mean they would know we have been together. I need to warn Neal, which means I have to go to that secret and mysterious meeting. One half of my is drowning with fear while the other is floating on the sea of doubt with a boat of joy. Clouds are starting to form in the sky. Please be rained out, I pray. I can't afford another terrible game, especially with all the worries on my mind.

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Finally Wednesday arrives. As I stuble out of bed I notice a unfamiliar sound coming from downstairs. As a creep down the rickety stair case I see two bondsmen searching through our kitchen. Killed with shock I sneak back upstairs. And as gentle as a feather I crall out my two story window. It's about 3 in the morning and the sun hasn't breaked, so it takes me a second to find my skateboard. Abruptly, I hear a man shout in a low course voice, "Sir, I found the fugitive's room." Fugitive? Oh no, this can't be happening. I have to warn Neal.

All I can think about now is my skateboard flying through the air, steadly getting closer and closer to the beach and Neal.