I Fell In Love With My Best Friend (Wilder Series #1)

33. Escape

Hey, we're back to Aspen's POV.

•••••••••••••••••••••••

I carefully peek around the corner at the basement door and see Henry guarding the door.

I quickly look around for something to throw only for my eyes to land on a forgotten penny.

"I hope this works" I whisper out as I grab the penny

I take a deep breath before chucking the penny down the hallway causing it to make a loud ding.

I quietly hide behind a chair when I hear footsteps coming my way.

I hear his footsteps stop in front of me which has my whole body freezing up.

Shit, shit, shit.

He suddenly turns around and continues to walk in the other direction.

Thank you, Jesus.

I carefully stand up and sneak past him. I make sure to quiet my footsteps but still be fast.

I turn the doorknob and notice that it's unlocked. I push the door open and slide in before closing behind me.

"Aspen?" I hear Carolina ask

"Yes, I'm here to untie you" I say as I lock the door

I walk towards them and stop in front of Carolina. I lean over and carefully untie her wrists which are a bright red color.

I look over at Kayden and notice him fast asleep.

I roll my eyes as I walk over to him and quickly untie his wrists and ankles.

Those knots were not easy to untie either.

I'm just a little more experienced since Henry grounded me for a whole week and showed me how to tie and untie these knots.

That might've been the only useful thing that he taught me.

"Do I smell pizza?!" I say excitedly while fake sniffing

"Pizza! Where?!" Kayden yells out as he jumps out of his seat which causes Carolina and I to laugh

"There's no pizza" Carolina says

Kayden just frowns at us with an unamused facial expression.

As soon as Carolina and I stop laughing I hear a voice outside of the door.

"Go find Thunder, I'll check on the prisoners" I hear Henry say as he twists the door knob

Shit.

Good thing I locked it.

"Hide just incase he gets the door open" I whisper to them

"There's nowhere to hide" Kayden says in a 'duh' tone

Wow, he's really not a morning person.

I look around and spot a weird crack in the wall. I walk over to the wall and look closely at the defined crack.

This doesn't look like real brick.

"Carolina, come here" I say as I reach up to feel the bricks

It doesn't feel like brick either.

It feels like clay.

I hear her slowly walk up beside me.

"Feel this" I say gesturing to the spot that I was feeling

She arches her eyebrow in question before doing as I said and becoming confused.

"Do you think that this may be a secret door?" She questions as she continues to feel the fake brick design