9
Dani
I’m not at all proud of it, but I considered making a run for it. I tried to justify in my mind that our chances of survival would be better if I went for help than if I went in alone and tried to rescue the other woman Kevin had kidn*pped.
My fear was that I wouldn’t be able to lead the police back to this precise spot. If something awful happened to her, I would never be able to forgive myself for not trying to save her.
I didn’t have long to devise a plan because Kevin was almost back to his lair. Once there, he would quickly realize I was gone and come back out to search for me.
Backing up against the tree I was using for cover, I moved my arms up and down against the bark to try to wear down the plastic of the zip tie around my wrists. My hope was that once my hands were f
