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Jacque watched as Cynthia began to search the roo to pick the lock on the cuffs When she couldn’t find anything she came back over and exa to try and break the frame," she told her Jacque looked a little skeptical

"Hey, olf rehtly offended

"My bad," Jacque said, holding her hands up in surrender

Cynthia grabbed the chair where the front legsshe had At first she didn’t think it was going to work but then she felt the wood give and then crack! The frame snapped

"Nice," Jacque said, ith

She was able to slide the cuff straight off the broken end of the cross bar

Jacque stood up and stretched, unable to believe she was free…sort of

Cynthia grabbed her hand "Coet as far away as possible Once they are back they will be able to track us so we need to run in circles and then try and find some water to hide our scent"

Jacque nodded her head "Okay, doc Let’s do this"

Cynthia paused briefly "Jacque, I truly am sorry"

Jacque held up a hand to stop her "Save it, let’s just get our butts out of here We will deal with the rest later, okay?"

They held hands as they crept through the cabin as quietly as possible, looking around constantly to make sure the really were alone As soon as they were sure, they ain they crept out silently Cynthia took in a deep breath, scenting the air

"They’re not here Let’s go" With that she pulled Jacque off the porch and out into the night They ran hard and fast through the trees Jacque didn’t kno Cynthia could see but was glad that she could, because otherwise Jacque would have become intimately acquainted with one of these lovely trees they were breezing by Jacque was trying hard to stay on her feet but Cynthia was et in a rhyth her to stuain This went on for what seemed like hours but probably was no more than 30 minutes and then they finally found a creek Cynthia didn’t even hesitate as she ran straight for it

Without pausing she pulled Jacque into the cold water Jacque’s breath caught as the chill seemed to seep into her bones Cynthia never slowed Suddenly Jacque doubled over as pain shot through her body