Chapter 5
“Oh... Sorry...” he said slowly. “I need to take my foot out of my mouth... Don’t go all mushy on me now!”
Too late. I couldn’t answer. I was busy trying not to make a sound so he wouldn’t hear me crying.
“Cal, I’m sorry. Don’t cry...”
I’d been holding my breath to keep quiet, but a little sob escaped my lips when he said that.
“Aw, sorry. I messed up...” He sounded upset.
I realised he was standing still in the middle of a tunnel. A rush of adrenalin washed over me and as I thought of how much trouble we’d be in for doing nothing, a tightness spread across my chest. We always made sure we kept going constantly, so they wouldn’t have a reason to separate us.
I took a deep breath and let it out slowly, trying to compose myself. How could I keep it together when I felt like
