Chapter 23Few things in this world are worse than crawling through sewers. Dying happens to be one of them.
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“It's not much farther.” Crow's voice echoed off the spiral corrugated metal drainage pipe they crawled through.
Scarlett's knee slipped off one of the ridges and slid into a groove. Icy water splashed up onto her face. “Oh, my god. That's gross.”
Crow laughed.
She stopped and wiped the side of her face with her sleeve. “Yeah, real funny. You may not have an issue with crawling through sewage, but I think I might have rather let the cops catch me.”
Crow paused and pulled the flashlight from his mouth. He craned his neck around to look at her. “Don't be such a baby. The water's clean. Thought you'd have figured out that this wasn't a real drainage pipe by now. Notice the l
