~Lily~We sat in the room for a few minutes, trying to calm down, our hearts were still racing from what had just happened and I kept staring at the door, listening, waiting but there was nothing, not even a footstep, not a whisper.I motioned for Kathryn to stay close, and I tiptoed to the door carefully, I opened it just a crack and peeped into the corridor. It was empty, I quickly signaled to Kathryn, and she shuffled behind me, wincing slightly from the pins in her legs and even with her pain, she moved quietly, leaping softly over the small obstacles.We started walking down the corridor, slow and careful, every step had to be soft, measured, so no one would hear us. The corridor felt a bit longer than usual, my mind raced with every sound.Just as we got close to the kitchen door, we froze. There were voices. Gabriel and Mom, I crouched lower, pressing myself against the wall and motioned for Kathryn to do the same.We peeped through the smal
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