Looking back she had put an even greater distance between herself and the men. She was going to escape! She just had to make sure she avoided their v...llage on the way down. Looking forward again the ground seemed to disappear only ten metres ahead. She couldn't stop! She slid feet first off the top of the cliff ... the ten metre sheer drop seemed to last much longer than the two seconds it really was. She hit the boulders below feet first. Her left knee totally dislocated painfully. I looked out the window andsaw the Pizza delivery truck. I opened the door and my heart skipped abeat. The delivery guy was Stan. "Hi," He said, "Don't I know you fromschool? Your name is...Oscar, right?" Yes," I said, "And I know you from the park."He looked at me for a second before responding. "Park? What park?" I go to the same park, and I see you there a lot." I told himnervously.He looked at me for awhile trying to figure if I was fooling or not. Itold him that I go there a lot. I told. Zoë something stood smiling sheepishly on the steps, her backpack over one shoulder and her math notebook clasped in one hand. She smiled when he opened the door though it quickly was replaced with a face of concern.“Michael… sorry did I wake you up?? You didn’t show up, so I looked you up online and saw that story about… I’ll go. I’m sorry for bothering you!”“No, no! Please, Zoë, stay. I’m sorry I just… had something happen after school and it wore me down pretty hard. Come in, I’ll grab my. She finally opened her eyes and went "What?" I said, "time for school, you asked me to wake you up" "Oh, thanks" she mumbled as she got up and made her way to the washroom to get ready. As the days went on I would get slightly more confident and try something new. Apparently, my stepdaughter was sound asleep the whole time because she never said anything. This particular morning I went in and she was of course sound asleep sleeping on her side. She had a T-Shirt on and the covers were exposing.