Chapter 25:
Running Away

"Hey, Lisa, I'm going to go down to the store. I'll be back in about an hour. Okay?" yelled Mrs. Leonhard up the stairs. Lisa opened her bedroom door to reply.
"Okay" she said, closing her door again.

Lisa rubbed her hands together, and a smirk crossed her face. She carefully listened for her mother's shutting of the front door. There it was. She quickly squatted down, and reached under her bed. She pulled out her purse, and her suitcase. She grabbed her keys out of a bowl on her front desk. She carefully glanced around the room, to see if she was forgetting anything. There was nothing she could think off. She quickly glanced in her purse, to make sure she had everything she needed. She had her money, and her cell phone. Those were the two most important things. With a gloomy face, she shut off the light to her room, and closed the door behind. Never to know if she would see it again. She walked down the hall to her parents bedroom, sniffed in the familiar smell, and walked down the hall, and down the stairs. She walked through every room in that house before she left. Finally she reached the kitchen. She pulled a small note out of her pocket, which explained everything. She let out a long sigh, and headed for the coat closet. She took out all her coats, and two umbrellas. Sadly and slowly, she closed the front door behind her. Probably never to see that house for a long, long time. She rushed down the stairs, and to her car. She threw her stuff in the back seat, and pulled out the cooler she had put in the trunk. She carefully started the car, put it in drive. And drove out of the driveway, on her way to find Erika, Zack, and Cody. This man was going to pay.

Lisa sped down the road. She had to go to the bank first. She had the lucky fortune of sounding and looking just like her mother, and she knew her mother's account number. She was going to pick up some more money. About a half and hour later, Lisa pulled into the bank. She pulled up to the machine, and went through the normal procedure, taking out $3,000. Thankfully, they didn't ask for her licence. She was lucky. Her mother would come home before going to the bank. It explained in the note that she was taking out that much money for her trip. She didn't like to think of it as a trip. She would rather think of it as a quest. A trip was normally something you did for fun. She was setting out, because she felt that she had to. Not for fun. The word quest seemed to fit that better. So, she was on a quest. Not a trip.

Suddenly, she heard jingling in the back seat. She pulled into the parking lot, unbuckled, and leaned back. She couldn't see anything. Suddenly, she saw something move under her blanket. She pulled it up off the floor. Underneath was her dog, Juliet. She sighed, and picked up the dog. She leaned back in her seat, and began to pet the dog.

"You little sneak" she said talking to the dog, "you snuck in here without me. Awe. Don't give me that little puppy dog innocent look! What am I gonna do know? I can't drive back. Mom will already be home. I guess you'll have to come with me. Yes you will, yes you will." She set down the dog in the passenger's seat, and drove off to West Virginia, since the note had said that's where he was. If she were to find Erika, she figured that she would be there.

Back at Lisa's House:
Lisa's mother walked in the front door, and walked into the kitchen, arms full of groceries. She set the bags down on the table, and started to head back out, when she noticed a note out of the corner of her eye that was on the counter. She picked it up of the counter, and began to read it. Suddenly, her face turned a ghostly white. She set down the note, and fell back into a chair, her hand on her heart. Lisa was gone.

Two Hours Later:
Mrs. Leonhard sat weeping on a chair in her kitchen, groceries still unpacked. Tears were streaming down her face. Jennifer sat next to her, trying to comfort her. In between sobs, Mrs. Leonhard was trying to explain what had happened. Jennifer just sighed, and poured Mrs. Leonhard a glass of water, asking her to slow down, relax a little, and start from the beginning once more.

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