Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2010

She picked up the rod and stood beneath the window. She began plotting a viable escape path.

She waited for ten minutes to make sure that her kidnapper was truly gone. Steeling herself, she picked up the rod and hooked it on one of the thin slants on the window. This window only had two thin slants, with a narrow gap in between. Joan would never have thought of escaping through the windows if not for her slender frame.

“Ah!” She fell off the rod on her first attempt.

She fell off the rod countless times. Each failed attempt chipped at her already limited stamina.

She didn’t know how many times she’d failed before she finally managed to get up to the window.

The window was really high. If she jumped from this height, she could fracture a good number of bones or even die. Yet lady luck seemed to be smiling upon her today. Instead of solid ground, there was a calm river before her.

Not too far from the river was her kidnapper. He appeared to be gloating while he was picking berries.

Splash!

Joan jumped into the river before she could change her mind.

Her kidnapper turned around at the sound. Perplexed, he surveyed his surroundings.

I swore I heard something just now. But why isn’t there anyone here? He started swearing as he ate the berries he had picked.

jerks and their stupid

other side of the river at that very moment. She wanted to find

A man was shaking her by

I’m really tired.

lay on the bed with her eyes shut. She had been hooked up to an IV drip, and she looked utterly exhausted. It was raining cats and dogs outside the hospital, with frequent flashes of lightning and

woman. She’s covered in injuries,” the nurse sighed, shaking her head at

“Maybe she was abused.”

had gathered in front of her bed to speculate on her condition, though they didn’t

sign off on this!” the doctor

The people crowding Joan’s

to the hospital?” The

the loud and unfamiliar sounds. In her hazy state, she tried

am I?” she

worry. You’re at the hospital,” a woman comforted her while she stroked

What a poor woman!

Gabriella was enjoying her coffee on the sofa in her living room. She flipped through a magazine with her right

the cup slipped

got off the bed, and then I

Ring! Ring!