dred dollars cash and a

arrested,

a new experience. The noise, the smell, the crush o

near the est

ift change was at 7 PM. S

t hours, the pressure plates along the north hedge were deactivated to prevent false alarms from the heavy machinery. She checked her phone. It was the first Tue

n, avoiding the sweeping ar

at the neighbor's estate-Montgomery Ma

and focused on

under a fake rock near the kitc

et. She could hear voices in the di

the back stairs

ked. Her clothes were go

ng on the wall

aside. The sa

code. Her bi

ckham's birt

s hers alone, a number that represented her first real escape. The date she received her Wharton acceptance letter. Her family had scoffed at

light tur

re her passport, birth cer

opened it. A simple silver locket. She

vy footsteps

fr

r handl

entered. He was hol

d her imm

eered. Look what

ading across his face. He was big, a form

s in her hoodie pocket. Her