Submitting (On Hold)

Chapter 9

I look in the mirror of the bathroom and see the dark purple and red bruise that was in the shape of his hand.

Its been a few hours since the incident and I lock myself in the room, anyway I'm pretty sure that he could still get in if he really wanted to.

From downstairs, I hear the front door shut. Logan left again about 2 hours ago, so that must mean that David left.

This is when I would escape when no one was home. I didn't know how much time I had, so I would have to do this now.

I run downstairs, then I remember that Nola was here.

I go to her room. She was asleep and I shook her awake.

"What?" She groaned, slowly opening her eyes.

"Get up, we're leaving," I said.

Her eyes were now open and she studied my face like I was crazy.

"There's no way that we can escape. What happened to your neck?" She said, about to bring her hand up to my neck, lightly touching the bruise.

I lightly grab her hand and pull it away "That's no whats important right now, I found a way out. Probably."

I pull her out of bed and she was naked. "Probably?" She said "If this isn't an escape, then we are screwed. David has cameras all over this place."

That makes sense. I throw some clothes at her.

"It's the best we got," I said

She was dressed and I grabbed her hand and ran down the step. I continue to were the escape was. When she saw that we were going down their hall, she pulled back.

"It's down there? No way, I'm not going down there." She said, taking a few steps back.

"Nola, this is the only way, if you want to leave, this is the only way." I said, trying to convince her.

Her eyes started getting teary, but she whipped them away.

"Okay, fine" Her voice was shaky.

I didn't like that she was scared. I felt the urge to hold her, so that's what I did.

I walked towards her and pull her into my arms, it didn't work that well because she was tall than me, but I seem to bring some kind of comfort to her.

After a minute she calmed down, I pulled away and gave her a sad smile. I'm not sure what happened down here, but it affected her in a way I probably will not understand.

I grab her hand once again and we walk down the hall. As we get closer to the door that was at the end of the hall, her grip on my hand got tighter and she started shaking.

Once we reach the creak in the floor I stop and bend down. Luckily they were still lose and I was able to get the floorboard out.

The boards were fat, but I was only able to get 2 out. Both me and Nola tried to get another one up so that I could fit, but It wouldn't budge.

Under the house, there were the sewers.

Nola was the skinner one of us, and I wouldn't be able to fit through without seriously hurting myself.

Nola would be able to crawl through them. David and logan are too big to fit through.

I look up from the board to Nola.

"Nola, you have to go without me." I say.

"What? No." She said, "I can't."

"You have to. There's no way that I can get through there. You're skinny. You can."

"B-but there punish you for helping me escape," she said. "There is not a doubt that they are watching us and probably on there way back."

"That's why are have to go." I said.

She began to tear up again. We heard the front door open meaning we only had a few seconds.

"Go!" I yelled at her.

She did as I said and went into the sewers.

Soon she vanished from my sight.