I walked briskly down the center of the hallway away from Ms. Vivienne’s strident voice and did not look back. I was worried my Dad would at any minute grab the back of my arm and spin me around. “Where do you think you’re going, young lady?” Jeremy joined me mid-stride and we marched quickly down the long corridor toward the rear exit. As our hands touched, I heard my Dad’s booming voice shout, the sound of his voice echoing through the hallway.
“EVELYN!”
“Jeremy!” I shouted. “They saw us! Run!”
We slammed open the heavy church doors of the back exit, which made a terrible clanging sound. I took off my high heels and we ran as fast as we could down the back steps. Suddenly I felt giddy and started giggling uncontrollably. Jeremy also started laughing as we sprinted toward the church p
