Angie! Lee thought, and began his escape. All he could hear was the sounds of an old, croaking voice laughing.
Lee rocked the chair. Right, left, right left. Nothing was working. He struggled and began to cry out of frustration. He struggled against the leather straps. Nothing. He kicked his legs and saw them go up. He stopped struggling and looked down at his legs, and then at the closed door, and then at his legs again. Lee put his legs tight against the chair, and looked at them again to make sure his eyes hadn't just been fooling him with the lighting — or lack of lighting. He saw the straps that would bind his feet lifeless, dangling from the legs of the solid chair. The old man and Dandy - whoever that was -must've forgot.
He also realized that his right wrist went up about two inches, whereas his left wrist was tight against the arm of the chair. Lee pushed his weight on the arms and fixed his position, and was jarred when his right elbow dipped down and almost jerked him hard to the right. His left shoulder screamed in pain at him, he winced and readjusted himself and shook the right arm of the chair.
It moved.
It was loose.
Lee took a deep breath, his sister was still screaming, he heard loud footsteps outside the door. Dandy, or the old man, was rushing to her (or something, he was just speculating, his mind really running all sorts of directions). But it didn't matter. He forced himself to focus on escape. He had an idea and it would hurt a lot if poorly executed, which meant no half-assing. He had to have his full focus on the task in front of him.
Lee bent his knees and pushed his butt to the very back of the chair and tried to stand on the chair. His knees were bent and against his chest. His wrists next to his thighs. He jerked at the arm of the chair with the leather strap, and it loosened. He tugged at his wrists and moved them outwards of the straps so that his wrists were further from his thighs. Lee took three deep breaths, and then he somersaulted off the chair.
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The Cannibal House
HorrorOn the way home from college, Lee makes his sister, Angie, stop at an old diner simply called ROAD HOUSE so he can go to the bathroom. Bonus, there's a creepy patron. And there might be more on the menu than just cow meat... Sometimes, the drive ho...
