#Chapter 51 Ethan’s Mistake

Judy’s POV “Kill us?? W…why would they want to kill us?” Irene stammered, panic clear in her eyes. “W…what did we do.” “Okay, Irene. I need you to listen to me,” I said, sliding over to her, trying not to move the cuffs around my wrists too much because they stung badly. “You have to calm down. If they find out we are awake, they might come back sooner than later and kill us right away. Right now, we have the element of surprise on our hands. They don’t know we are awake.” I knew we were in the basement, but I wasn’t sure if they could hear us. I could hear their shoes creaking on the floorboards above us, and I silenced my voice even more, worried about our safety. “So, are we just supposed to sit here and pretend we are asleep?” She asked, tears welling in her eyes. “Until we can come up with a better plan, we need to do what we can to survive,” I told her. She wrapped her arms around her body, but immediately yelped when the cuffs moved around her wrists, burning he