I FELL INTO HIS TRAP
I mutter as I throw my leg over the windowsill.
I hold on tight as I swing my other leg out, then find my footing between the holes in the trellis. Slowly, I start to move down, searching for spaces to hold onto.
Suddenly, I hear the wood snap. I suck in a breath, then the trellis pulls away from the house, making me shriek.
No!
I climb down further, but the wood must be worn with age, and it gives way. Another shriek escapes me as I fall. I hit the ground so hard my teeth clatter, and a sharp pain flares through my right hand and wrist.
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