|| Second Book! Can not be read as a stand-alone || Read The Secrets Of Finnley first!
"Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire."
After getting in a lot of trouble, Cristian tried to pick up his carefree life again. He focusses on...
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- Wednesday, November 22nd -
It's freezing cold and I have no idea how long I've been in this damn thing. All I know is that the Jacuzzi has been turned off and I haven't heard a thing after I got trapped inside here. I keep having trouble to stay awake, and it's not helping me that I'm now starting to freeze; mostly my feet and hands hurting like hell.
How much time has passed? What did he do to Finnley?
The panic buttons were right beside the Jacuzzi; Finnley didn't take one inside with him and I couldn't reach for them.
I hug myself, rubbing my arms in hopes of warming myself up a bit, with no result at all, whatsoever.
I guess the thing isn't air sealed, so I won't die from suffocation.
I'll die by freezing.
Don't know which one is worse.
But if you ask me, I'd rather black out and slowly suffocate, than freeze to dead because the tips of my toes and fingers burn in pain.
I've been trying to keep my feet out of the water, by laying down. But it doesn't help shit, because I'm not in a comfortable position at all and my neck and back start to hurt from holding my head above the water.
Neither is there enough room to stretch fully without having to struggle to keep my head up. I wish at least the temperature of the water would still be hot.
I don't think it would've been possible to freeze in water that's a constant 40 degrees.
I start to move around again, trying to generate as much heat as possible in this cramped space.
That's when I think I can hear a voice, very faintly in the distance. I stop moving, whishing the water would stop splashing so that I can focus on the sound. Is somebody there?
It takes agonizingly long for the water to silence, but eventually it does.
At first, there's just silence and I nearly lose focus because of the damn headache. But then I hear it again; someone is calling out for Finnley.
I even hold in my breath for short amounts of time, trying to figure out the right time to start making noise; hoping for the person to come and save me from this hell. How did such a great night end up in such a nightmare?
Out of the blue, the voice is much clearer and by now I can tell it's Charlie's voice, calling for Finnley with panic in his voice.
"Charlie!" I shout as loud as I possibly can, banging the top of the Jacuzzi to attract his attention. "Get me out of here! Charlie!"
I keep banging, until the top is being lifted, a pale-faced Charlie appearing in view, along with lights that are way too bright for my lickings.
"Push the panic button." I murmur, sinking down after I got dizzy from standing up too quickly, pointing towards the panic buttons that are still right beside the baby phone.
