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boost your precious valuables. Well, don't worry. None of you has anything I want or need!" I glared at her until she blushed. She knew exactly what I was talking about.
"I'm sorry if we've made you uncomfortable," she said quietly. She got up and set the tray on the roll top desk. "We just wanted to make you feel at home here. Maybe we went a little overboard. Tomorrow, when you're feeling better, we can talk about it, okay?"
"Yeah. Whatever." I rolled over, turning my back on her, and she left.
I had no intention of talking to her about anything tomorrow because I was leaving. Tonight. The sooner the better. And I'd need my strength. I eyed the tray of food on my desk. As much as I wanted to leave the food on the plate in protest, I was starved. As I ate, I plotted the best way to get out of the house, after they'd all gone to bed, without setting off the security alarm. By the time I was done eating, I had a plan.
****
At about quarter to twelve, I arranged pillows under my blankets to make it look like I was asleep in the bed. I'd packed a backpack with all the stuff I'd need and slung it over my shoulder as I crept out of my room. Thankfully, the house was quiet and I snuck down the steps and hid in the closet in the foyer. Mrs. T. always set the security system at midnight. However, I'd noticed on a few occasions there was at least a sixty-second window before the light actually came on indicating the alarm was set. I figured all I had to do was wait until she punched in the code and I'd have sixty seconds to get out the door. If by chance I didn't make it out in time and the alarm went off, it would look like I was asleep in bed when they came to check on me â the resident thief â giving me time to get far enough away from the house before they noticed I was actually gone, which hopefully wouldn't be until morning.
I was peeking out of the closet's keyhole waiting for Mrs. T., when Tomi, Lily, and Devon came out of the TV room. They were all dressed casually in jeans and windbreakers, except for Tomi, who wore plaid shorts over black leggings, and had a pair of gold sequined high-tops in her hand. They each had a black backpack on their back. It was obvious they were going someplace. Was this the trip they didn't want me knowing about? Where in the world were they going at midnight? Devon headed into the kitchen. Tomi and Lily stopped in the foyer and glanced up the steps and then at each other.
"I knew we should have told her." Tomi shook her head. "Now, she hates us. Keeping secrets sucks!"
"We had to. You know what happened with Morgan and we don't want it happening again. Mrs. T. said she'd explain everything to her when we get back. Come on." Lily headed into the kitchen.
Tomi glanced up the steps one last time before quickly pulling a tweed cap out of the front pocket of her backpack and moving it to the main compartment and disappearing through the swinging kitchen doors. What was she doing?
I started to come out from my hiding place to follow them when suddenly Alex, also with a backpack in his hand, came out of the small bathroom just off the foyer. He walked over to the panel by the front door and set the security system. Once he was through the kitchen door, I waited twenty seconds, and then flew out of the closet and peered through the swinging door. They were all gone.
"Hurry!" said the deep voice, only this time I saw the reflection of the staircase behind me in the mirror next to the kitchen door. The lips of the gold Egyptian death mask had moved.
I rubbed my eyes. Was I seeing things? Then the mask winked at me. Was it animatronic? Spooked, I ran into the kitchen and could see through the window they were all in the backyard heading into the labyrinth. I hurried out the back door closing it quietly behind me with only a second to spare.
I could hear them talking and laughing as I stood at the entrance of the labyrinth. This was the first time I'd been in here since I'd fainted a
"I'm sorry if we've made you uncomfortable," she said quietly. She got up and set the tray on the roll top desk. "We just wanted to make you feel at home here. Maybe we went a little overboard. Tomorrow, when you're feeling better, we can talk about it, okay?"
"Yeah. Whatever." I rolled over, turning my back on her, and she left.
I had no intention of talking to her about anything tomorrow because I was leaving. Tonight. The sooner the better. And I'd need my strength. I eyed the tray of food on my desk. As much as I wanted to leave the food on the plate in protest, I was starved. As I ate, I plotted the best way to get out of the house, after they'd all gone to bed, without setting off the security alarm. By the time I was done eating, I had a plan.
****
At about quarter to twelve, I arranged pillows under my blankets to make it look like I was asleep in the bed. I'd packed a backpack with all the stuff I'd need and slung it over my shoulder as I crept out of my room. Thankfully, the house was quiet and I snuck down the steps and hid in the closet in the foyer. Mrs. T. always set the security system at midnight. However, I'd noticed on a few occasions there was at least a sixty-second window before the light actually came on indicating the alarm was set. I figured all I had to do was wait until she punched in the code and I'd have sixty seconds to get out the door. If by chance I didn't make it out in time and the alarm went off, it would look like I was asleep in bed when they came to check on me â the resident thief â giving me time to get far enough away from the house before they noticed I was actually gone, which hopefully wouldn't be until morning.
I was peeking out of the closet's keyhole waiting for Mrs. T., when Tomi, Lily, and Devon came out of the TV room. They were all dressed casually in jeans and windbreakers, except for Tomi, who wore plaid shorts over black leggings, and had a pair of gold sequined high-tops in her hand. They each had a black backpack on their back. It was obvious they were going someplace. Was this the trip they didn't want me knowing about? Where in the world were they going at midnight? Devon headed into the kitchen. Tomi and Lily stopped in the foyer and glanced up the steps and then at each other.
"I knew we should have told her." Tomi shook her head. "Now, she hates us. Keeping secrets sucks!"
"We had to. You know what happened with Morgan and we don't want it happening again. Mrs. T. said she'd explain everything to her when we get back. Come on." Lily headed into the kitchen.
Tomi glanced up the steps one last time before quickly pulling a tweed cap out of the front pocket of her backpack and moving it to the main compartment and disappearing through the swinging kitchen doors. What was she doing?
I started to come out from my hiding place to follow them when suddenly Alex, also with a backpack in his hand, came out of the small bathroom just off the foyer. He walked over to the panel by the front door and set the security system. Once he was through the kitchen door, I waited twenty seconds, and then flew out of the closet and peered through the swinging door. They were all gone.
"Hurry!" said the deep voice, only this time I saw the reflection of the staircase behind me in the mirror next to the kitchen door. The lips of the gold Egyptian death mask had moved.
I rubbed my eyes. Was I seeing things? Then the mask winked at me. Was it animatronic? Spooked, I ran into the kitchen and could see through the window they were all in the backyard heading into the labyrinth. I hurried out the back door closing it quietly behind me with only a second to spare.
I could hear them talking and laughing as I stood at the entrance of the labyrinth. This was the first time I'd been in here since I'd fainted a
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