Outbreak (2016)
“This time, instead of wondering if I could get out, I wondered how I could get out. There had to be a way.
My gaze fell on the hunched figure sitting on the other side of the bars, right where I wanted to be.
‘Soph,’ I said. ‘We have to get out of here. And if I don’t get out of here,’ I added before she could say anything, ‘if you don’t help me get out of here — then Michael’s in trouble and I’m pretty sure your parents are in trouble too.’ ‘What do you mean?’ she looked across at me, and in t...he dim light I could see her eyes were red from crying.
‘They’re going after a Lurker, Soph. You heard them say they’ve never caught one before. They don’t have a clue what they’re up against.’ ‘You don’t know that.’ I took a deep breath, and tried to put the thought that had slowly been edging to the front of my brain into words. ‘If Michael was kidnapped at school, it means the Lurker is probably someone we know. Someone we see every single day.’ Sophie looked at me blankly.MoreLess
My gaze fell on the hunched figure sitting on the other side of the bars, right where I wanted to be.
‘Soph,’ I said. ‘We have to get out of here. And if I don’t get out of here,’ I added before she could say anything, ‘if you don’t help me get out of here — then Michael’s in trouble and I’m pretty sure your parents are in trouble too.’ ‘What do you mean?’ she looked across at me, and in t...he dim light I could see her eyes were red from crying.
‘They’re going after a Lurker, Soph. You heard them say they’ve never caught one before. They don’t have a clue what they’re up against.’ ‘You don’t know that.’ I took a deep breath, and tried to put the thought that had slowly been edging to the front of my brain into words. ‘If Michael was kidnapped at school, it means the Lurker is probably someone we know. Someone we see every single day.’ Sophie looked at me blankly.MoreLess
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