Running From The Bride

4

Having not packed my suitcase yet, im looking for big but kind of interesting books. I plan to take some of my emergency money out of our family safe. It has passports and about half a million dollars. It turns out, Angie doesn't have that much money. I took a peek earlier.

Once I pack the things I need, I'll cover it with books just in case anyone looks in my bag. I found 6 books I haven't read yet and hid them under my bed.

Tonight I'll sneak out of my room and take half of what money we have in there in case my dad checks the safe.

It's 8pm right now. Angie just came home to cook dinner and I'm deciding what clothes I'll need most. While I was helping my dad unpack the groceries, I went on a "bathroom brake" and got my makeup bag and dumped the stuff in a plastic bag. Filling my makeup bag with snacks, I also filled the pantry at the same time.

Now that food isn't really a problem, I'm working on sneaking the money out. I know the code, My dad told me for emergencies...not very smart on his part.

I'm trying to be as carful about this though, just because there's always the chance of my dad looking in my escape bag. I got out my bag that was holding my pads for when I PMS and started taking the pads out. Keeping the wrappers, I'll put a couple 100's in each. I know for a fact my dad will never touch these.

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I unwrapped about 30 of them and hid the wrappers under my bed, putting 15 of them in my bag. It's 8:50 and Angie's calling me down for dinner. I scratch Ace that's sitting on the top of the stairs, behind the ears before I head down. When I walk in the kitchen, the plates and silverware are already out.

The girls are ignoring each other while my dad and Angie are kissing...eww.
When I walk in, Angie notices me immediately since her eyes are open while kissing. I swear, she doesn't even love my dad.

I roll my eyes and sit down as they pull apart. Angie looks at me first then looks away. Didn't want to talk to her anyways.

We all start eating in silence.when I'm about half way through my meal, Angie starts talking. "So, David." She starts talking to my dad, "when me and my daughters went shopping today, we found the perfect dress! It has a small hole in the back to show a little-"

I didn't let her finish."I've lost my appetite, I'll be in my room." I said to no one. When I stood up, I looked at my dad and he seemed more sad than angry. I'm glad he's happy though, but I know he shouldn't be. Not with her at least.

I turn back towards the stairs and saw Ace was gone. When I get up to my room, Ace tore 10 of the pad wrappings under my bed. "Ace! No!" He scurries away to the other side of my room.

"Ace, no no, don't do this." I gesture at the torn wrappers and start to unwrap 10 more. I shake my head, "I love you buddy, but you can be a butt sometimes, you know that?" Then Ace curls up next to me on the floor as I keep unwrapping the pads.

***

It's 1:30am right now, I used the extra time to pack my suitcase of stuff I won't use. My dad and Angie sleep at 12, while the girls sleep at 12:30. I'm always the last one to sleep, most likely at 3am; maybe later.

Grabbing my phone for light, I open my door carefully. There's a office downstairs where my dad does his work sometimes. A safe is hiding behind some books to the left.

I creep down the stairs with my phone-flashlight on. When I turn the office doorknob, it creaks a little making me panic. I suck in my gut as I squeeze through the door, not wanting to make a noise by opening the door more.

I immediately speed walk to the bookshelf of the safe and pull out 5 books. When I see the safe, I punch in the code quickly, I don't want to be here any longer than I need to.

3...5...6...8...7...2 Beep.
Thank god he didn't change it.
I see two piles of 100 dollar bills and grab one while splitting the other in half to make it look like none was missing.

I close the safe and put in the passcode again to lock it. Putting the books in the same order, I run out with the money and close the door. I sprint upstairs but on the 3rd to last step, I hear a door open. I look to my right and see Angie heading to the bathroom which is in front of me. My adrenaline starts to speed up as I panic. She's about 3 steps away from seeing me.

I put the stack of money in my pocket and climb onto the other side of the stair rail. My bedroom door is right across from her's and my dad's room, so I have to get there without getting noticed. Shit

I climb downwards a little still hanging off the opposite side of the rail. My foot slips and makes a squeaky noise...Damn it.

She looks in my direction, I hang off with only my hands so my arms kind of look like poles. Hopefully she's groggy enough to fall for this illusion, plus I feel like my arms are gonna fall off. She shakes her head and walks into the bathroom. Thank god.

I swing my left foot up first to balance on the ledge and pull my right foot up next. I would have just let go instead off hang, but it would've been to loud of a landing. If I slid down the rail, I might've made a squeak noise.

I run to my room and shut the door quietly. I sit down on the floor next to ace as I pet him breathing heavily. That was way too close I thought while pulling out the wrappers.
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PLEASE READ
I just wanted to let you guys know that I'll be gone for a week. I'm going to be going on a trip where there's no connection. I've decided to update 3 chapters in advance to make up for that. I'm sure that most of you still go to school, so you know well enough that school is about to start again for most. Once I come back from this trip, school will be starting up again for me. And you all know that means I can't update as often. I'll try my best to keep up. Thanks for all the support so far! If it isn't such a hassle, it would be great if you could share this story with friends and family! Help this story get noticed so other people can enjoy it too! Enjoy the early chapters! 😘

~Kat
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