108 First Escape (2/2)
The moment she made it to the woods, she hid behind the first tree in order to catch her breath. As her chest was moving rapidly up-and-down, sweat rolled down the side of her face. A mixture a fear and excitement was coursing through her viens, but she couldn't linger too long in the moment. In her mind, she virtually had little time to do research, she peeled herself off the tree trunk and started to consciously walk through the woods until she reached the wall.
It was made of beautiful, white brick, standing at a good 8 ft in length. She decided to try to attempt climbing it but found it a lot harder than trying to climb building and she couldn't risk going all the way to the corner to get the lift she needed.So she followed the wall until she found a goodsized tree with sturdy banches that reach just far enough to the wall.
She quickly found one and looked down at her abdomen. ”I'm sorry my little water lily,mommy's just going to be a little rough but please stay safe.” she said to be abdomen as she gently rubbed it.She expertly started climbing the tree, made it to the branch and swung her legs over in a horse riding position.
She started to scoot upthe branch while testing it with her weight, she was pleasantly surprised to see that the branch held up pretty well. She gauged the distance between her and the wall. She figured she could launch herself forward to the top of the wall and slide down the other side.
She slowly started to lift herself up from her riding position to a standing one. She counted to three and lunged herself off the branch and towards the wall. She kept her knees tucked in to keep her abdomen safe, the impact of her knees hitting the wall as she caught the ledge was horrible. She refused to let the pain stop her, as she held on for dear life, she uncurled one leg and swing it over the top of the wall. Pulled herself upwards and was sat on the top of the ledge.
She nervously looked at her neighbor's property and saw the had some shrubbery. She hung herself off the wall, look down and when she felt comfortable enough she let go. She landed on the balls of her feet and stayed low to the ground just in case the neighbor had seen her sitting on the wall. She started to crouch forward, after a few minutes she came to the conclusion that no one had seen her and felt relief wash over her.
Sh figured she wasn't too far from the gatekeeper and took a peek out of the shrubbery.Her muscles were thank in her that she was right, she slowly approached the box and tried to come up with away around him.She couldn't pay the person off, she had only grabbed enoigh money from the bag so she could make a round trip on the bus, buy meal or two and pay for a taxi if she ran out of time.
She shook her head no, she couldn't risk bribery so her option was to outsmart him instead.As she moved forward, she ran out of shrubbery to hide in. It was a good two feet between her and the gatekeepers box. She shrugged and lifted herself up, walked over and took a peek inside. She didn't if she should have laughed or cried, there was an older looking male slouched back into his chair, his hat coveref his face as he gently snored away.
She didn't want to wake him so she reached into the station and gently pushed the green button that would have unlocked the gate. She took a few steps back, apologetically bowed to the gatekeeper before she ran towards the gate. It was only going to stay open for a few minutes and she had no time to waste.
She rushed to the gate and opened it enough so she could squeeze out. She looked over the street before she closed the gate and rushed off towards the route she usually took when she was going off to work. As she was approaching the bus stop she heard a familiar roaring of an engine.Her heart started to pound as she looked down the street.She didn't know what to do, she wanted to rush towards the sound but the guilt of leaving the house before he returned was eating away at her.
Her instincts screamed flight and she turned around and tried to hide within the bus stop shelter. She thought that she could try to make herself unnoticeable as she squeezed herself into the corner, shut her eyes and breathed shallow breathes.The moment the sound of the engine became ideal, she opened her eyes and felt sweat roll down the side of her face. ”My love!” she yelled awkwardly.Eli allowed his shoulders to sag as he dropped his gaze downwards.
Olivia stepped out of the bus shelter and slowly moved towards his bike.”I was planning to email you a library notice from one of the library's computers and hoped you would understand my secret message.I mean you are so smart and diligent that there was no way you wouldn't have known it wasn't me, right?” she started to ramble on as she moved closer. Eli pulled off his helmet and gave her a cold stare.
Olivia gulped and had to fight the urge to not run away. Eli caught her by her waist and brought her closer. He gently rubbed her abdomen as his gaze turned from cold to loving.”You're seeing my grandmother first then I will take you to wherever you want to go.” he said softly before kissing her lips lightly.
Olivia blushed as they parted from each other. ”So you're not mad at me?” she asked cautiously.Eli kissed her forehead as he laughed. ”Of course I am but right now I want to make sure you and our baby are okay.”