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Bryce had been standing in the maggot goo for what he guessed was over five hours. He was tired, his legs were sore from the hours of standing and his arms were long tired of wiping the maggots off his neck and face. He hadn’t heard any footsteps from outside in the last forty-five minutes. He decided he would give it another fifteen minutes and then make his way out.

‘So,’ said Skye plopping down onto her bed. ‘Have you decided?’

Sophia rolled over to face her. ‘What are you talking about?’

‘Your plan with Mr Donogan,’ replied Skye smiling at the shocked look on Sophias face. ‘I heard Alik say his name last night.’

‘I told you there was no plan,’ sighed Sophia. ‘Let it go.’

‘Okay,’ said Skye nodding. ‘Well as there’s no plan I suppose you won’t mind if I discuss at great length with Alik?’

What are you trying to achieve?’ asked Sophia glaring at her. ‘What do you want?’

Skye went to the door and made sure it was locked. ‘Look. I’m not stupid. I have heard about how close you and the last girl were. Her name was Lacie yes?’

Sophia sat up and studied Skye carefully. ‘Yes, her name was Lacie.’

‘Yes,’ said Skye. ‘I’ve heard she was like a sister to you. Her death must have been painful for you. Having something like that happen must be horrible to live with, in fact it might even drive you to try and escape.’

There was silence. Skye was waiting for Sophia to respond, and Sophia didn’t know how to reply.

Bryce finally decided to it was time for to make a break for it. He pulled his arms out of the thick goo and tried wipe off as much of the slimy mess into his hair so his hand wouldn’t slip off the top of the hole. He stretched his arms  up and grabbed onto the edge of the hole and slowly pulled himself out and lay on the floor catching his breath. The maggots were still all over him crawling in out of his hair, wriggling under his clothing, and when he sneezed, his mucus was housing several maggots. Bryce grabbed his bag which was now also teeming with maggots and made his out the quarry and back towards his car.

‘I realise you may not trust me,’ said Skye. ‘And you have no reason to, but do you think I want to be here anymore than you do?

Sophia shook her head, every fibre of her being was telling her not to trust Skye, but she ignored it. ‘Let us say there is a plan, why would we include you?’

‘I’ll do anything to help,’ said Skye quickly. ‘It can’t be easy to be doing this just the two of you. Especially for you, you have to do all the inside by yourself, an extra pair of eyes and hands can’t you.’

Sophia nodded slowly. Skye was right. Her and Bryce needed all the help they could get if they wanted to succeed with their plans. They had come to a dead end with their ideas and Skye would be a useful addition to their team, especially now that Alik was suspicious of them.

‘Okay,’ sighed Sophia. ‘Let me talk to my friend and see what we decide on. That’s the best I can do right now.’

‘Okay good enough,’ said Skye climbing into bed. ‘For now.’

‘You know,’ said Sophia lying back down. ‘you don’t always have to resort to blackmail and threats to get what you want. I told you I’d speak to Bryce and that’s as good as its going to get right now.’