Escape
“The other four had been spent waiting. Waiting for 8 A.M. Waiting for another hint, a clue. Anything to lead her an inch closer to her father. Anything to give her life the remotest bit of purpose. She was doing everything in her power to block the rest out. She could do that for about an hour at a time. She could certainly do it at this very moment.
Gaia stepped out of the bright, glaring sunshine of Eleventh Street into the cold, hollow air of the church, listening as her footsteps echoed fro...m the large wooden doors all the way down the aisle and through the pews.
The doors had been open, but the church was empty. She scanned her eyes across the dark pews and the shadows of the altar, searching for a sign of Sam, but there was nothing.
Minutes went by and still nothing. Not a soul had walked in or out of the church.
Gaia sat her aching body down in one of the front pews, trying to master her impatience—trying to give Sam as much time as he needed to show up.
And then finally she heard footsteps behind her.MoreLess
Gaia stepped out of the bright, glaring sunshine of Eleventh Street into the cold, hollow air of the church, listening as her footsteps echoed fro...m the large wooden doors all the way down the aisle and through the pews.
The doors had been open, but the church was empty. She scanned her eyes across the dark pews and the shadows of the altar, searching for a sign of Sam, but there was nothing.
Minutes went by and still nothing. Not a soul had walked in or out of the church.
Gaia sat her aching body down in one of the front pews, trying to master her impatience—trying to give Sam as much time as he needed to show up.
And then finally she heard footsteps behind her.MoreLess
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