Chapter 27

The vents.

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When we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, it doesn't mean that there's no end to it, sometimes patience is what it takes.

I really thought we were going to walk for eternity. The dark passage just go on without the seem of having an end. Stairs leading us to nowhere and the small fire of the lighter in Nick's hand was getting smaller with each of our steps. My legs were going heavy like blocks of cement, the only thing making me move was the idea of finally being free. That at the very end of the tunnel there would be the waiting sun, gloriously smiling at me. That once again I could spread my wings and fly into the vast horizon without the need of watching behind my back. That at last I could smell the fresh air after so long.

We walked for hours, not talking or making any unnecessary sound other than the falls of our feet to t