Once organised the began to make their way back through the trees towards the cars as Jon unlocked the boot and threw in the picnic basket and

their soaked clothing.

"Where's your car parked at? We'll just leave the keys in it."

Using his height to her advantage Anna pointed out her stepfather's car three rows back as Jon sprinted off in the direction, following Anna's

hand signals until he reached the correct car. Anxiously Anna watched as Jon unlocked the car, partially winding down the window before locking

the car again and throwing the keys onto the seat before sprinting back to his car. As they sat in the car Anna's phone rang. She'd completely

missed Cole heading towards the car. Signalling to Jon to remain silent she slowly answered.

"Why the fuck aren't you at the car!? You aren't here to enjoy yourself. We are!"

Anna could see Jon tense up as he overheard her step brother's rant.

"I left the car so you could get in if you need anything, I'm just sitting by the lake reading where its quiet until its close to finishing

then I'll meet you back at the car."

Cole grunted in disapproval.

"Just wait till I get my hands on you bitch! You're going to be sorry! I'm keeping the keys on me so you won't get back in it until hometime."

Anna paused, desperately trying to sound as sincere as possible.

" I know. I am sorry. If it rains I'll suffer."

After a few muttered curse words, Cole was gone. Growling in rage at Anna's treatment, Jon sharply spun the car towards the direction of the road

and began the long journey towards Anna's freedom. The drive seemed to go a lot quicker this time round. Jon remained silent only piping up on

occasion to ask Anna a question which allowed her to enjoy taking in the passing scenary for once, something she was never able to experience

playing chauffeur to her evil stepfamily. As she enjoyed watching the world go by she felt his eyes bore into the back of her head and turned her

attention back to her mysterious driver. Noticing that she was now watching him, Jon gave a low chuckle before turning his attention back to the

road, Anna however continued to watch him closely.

"What? Am I that irresistable you cant stop staring at me?"

Jon jibed as Anna gave a quiet giggle as she felt her cheeks begin to burn as though on fire.

"Hey! You were staring at me first!"

"Says who?"

"Me, I saw you. Why?"

Jon shuffled in his seat a moment before finally breaking the silence that had consumed them.

" I can't believe you've put up with all you have for so long. A young, lets say beautiful girl like you could have a dozen guys chasing her,

you could have easily persuaded one to help you get out... run away together or something..."

Now it was Anna's turn to shift awkwardly in her seat as she remembered an old friend long since burried in her memories.

"There was a guy once, Jake. We'd known each other from being infants and as we grew older we grew closer. He was the only person I could confide

in about what hell I was put through on a daily basis.. well not all of it, just the attacks.. never the rape. He was close friends with all of my

brothers which allowed us to meet in secret, Cole and Jesse feared him and Thomas remained oblivious to everything around him. We planned it all..

he was older than me and soon as he turned 18 we'd sneak out in the middle of the night, just keeep on driving and eventually settle somewhere..

somewhere safe where I could finish school then eventually marry and start a family together. It was nothing but a dream though...

Jon had stopped the car and was watching Anna carefully, waiting for her story to continue.

"So what happened?"

Anna took a deep breath, preparing to finish her story.

"..well eventually Cole and Jesse found out. They followed us one night, we were parked by the lake making some last minute preparations to leave

the following night. They dragged me from the truck screaming, locking me in the back of their car to watch what they did next unable to do a thing

to stop them. While i watched they dragged Jake from the car and beat him senseless before dumping him and his truck in the lake... They dragged

the river but they never found Jake's body. After that I just gave up trying to run away. Either way I had lost everything I had ever cared about."

The silence in the car was unbearable. After what seemed like an eternity, Jon finally spoke.

"We need to get you back there as fast as possible so we can be well clear by the time they get back. If I come in to contact with them I may very

well kill them."

On that note the engine roared to life and they raced on towards their destination.