Desperate Escape!
Emily packed her luggage silently, her hands shaking with every item she turned inside; the anxiety in the air was stifling. Every sound, every zip, seemed to be a countdown to the time she would eventually leave Daniel and the life that had captured her. Once a haven, the cabin seemed like a jail closing in on her with every moment she stayed.
She stayed intending to drown in his falsehoods, in the deadly world he had lured her into, not truly wanting to leave Daniel. His admission the evening before had cracked something within her. Finally, regarding his history and the sinister ties he had to a life of crime and bloodshed, he had been truthful. Still, it did not lessen the genuine nature of the suffering. It did not remove the terror that had crept into her heart f
