Family Secrets
An Hope Holmes Adventure Chapter XXXIXL
Faith Robin
'Confound it! Why does this have to happen to me?' I wondered cursing my stupidity. I moved my fingers across the rope that was biting into my wrists. I began the excruciating task of freeing my hands. 'What was I thinking? That I could actually pull this off?' I thought as my fingers pulled on the ropes. After what seemed like hours, taking its toll on my patience the ropes fell off my hands at last. I began to rub the feeling back into my fingers. I pulled the gag off of my mouth.
'Okay now to figure how in the world I am going to get out of this box.' The movement stopped. I heard the squeal of brakes; I felt the trunk as it lurched forward, slamming into a wall or another trunk. 'Ouch! I thought as I landed on my face on the lid of the trunk. Then I heard footsteps.
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