An hour later, Natalie was still crying in her room when Zach Connors came in.
"What do you want Zach?" she said in a miserable voice. He came to sit beside her in the window ledge.
"Look I know that you love this Dan Cahill and all," he said "So I'm helping you get out of here. Your mother forbade you to go outside at least that's what I heard?"
Natalie sighed "What's the catch?" Zach looked at her as if she was crazy "Nat, we've been friends for years and friends look out for each other's happiness. I want you to be happy."
She paused for a moment "What does Ian say about this?" Ian entered the room. It turned out that he was listening behind the door. "I'm in"
Zach smiled evilly "Okay, here's the plan..."
It was midnight when the plan got into action. Natalie picked the lock of her window with her hairpins. She was a master at that since Irina had taught her. She tied a rope to her bedpost and moved her bed towards the window. It was hard work but she was used. Then she threw the rope out of the window and proceeded to climb down. Though it was dark, she could vaguely make out Ian climbing down too.
After a minute, she reached the ground and ran to Ian. "Where's Zach?" she asked Ian took a deep breath "Waiting outside"
The two of them ran towards the gate, avoiding the guards who were patrolling the grounds of the estate.
As kids they had often climbed over the gate but as they got the older, they dug a hole that went under the walls. They used to cover this with grass so that it wouldn't be seen. They used this now to get to the car that Zach had sent was waiting for them.
The car sped through the quiet town and dropped Ian and Natalie at the airport. They had to ride in Zach's private jet or it would be too suspicious if they used the Lucian planes. The jet flew towards Egypt...the place where Natalie knew she would see Dan again.
Back home...
The Kabra servants were desperately trying to revive Isabel. After learning that her children had abandoned her, Isabel had fainted and had taken a turn for the worse. Her heart was failing and her pulse was weak. The doctor knew that there was nothing he could do to save her. Her condition was grave. Vikram was to be alerted of his wife's death.