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and shields her eyes with her hand. “Do you think he followed us?”

    “No,” I say, sitting up and leaning back against the wooden post that supports the roof
    above us. “He couldn’t run as fast as us and he won’t know our part of the woods like we do.”

    “That’s a shame,” she says. “He could have been our friend if he didn’t hurt animals. That
    upset me.”

    “I don’t think he’d make a very good friend.”

    She turns to me and grins. “I think I liked him. Did you?”

    I shake my head. “He had tattoos and a gun, and he didn’t speak to us right. He was probably
    very bad.”

    Elodie turns to me and rolls her eyes with a playful grin on her face. “He didn’t shoot us
    though, did he?”

    I shrug. “I guess not.”
    Kaiden

    How can two young girls run so fast? I tried to keep up so I could follow them, but lost sight about twenty minutes ago. They run like the wind. I stumble over the rough ground and fallen trees that they ran over like it was smooth grass and crash into yet another tree trunk. When I look up, I see that I’m at the edge of the forest near some sort of partially-hidden clearing. I can hear water
    trickling close by, but I can’t see the source of it. I’m miles away from my Father, his friends, and their truck, but I couldn’t just ignore the two girls. I had to follow them.

    I sigh with relief when I spot the two of them. I lean back against a tree, watching as they
    lounge on what looks to be a make-shift veranda. It seems to be wrapped around a small wooden
    structure that’s clearly nothing more than an over-sized shed. If this is their home, then how the hell do they do anything? There can’t be electricity or running water all the way out here.
    I stare at Serena and her wavy, long blonde hair that falls all the way down her back. If I
    close my eyes, I can still see her bright green eyes and her soft, tanned skin. I shake my head to try and force away the image of her. I can’t afford to let her innocent but strikingly beautiful face get in the way of how I really feel about her.
    I sigh and pull my phone out of my pocket, blinking at it in shock when I realise that I actually have a signal out here. This place reminds me of the outback, so I didn’t think I’d have any chance of getting reception on my phone. I tap a few buttons and mark the GPS signal as coordinates. I might not be able to find my way back to my Father, but at least I’ll be able to find my way back here. The two of them suddenly sit up, forcing me to crouch back behind the tree as their eyes scan the
    horizon.

    After a few tense minutes, I notice Serena smiling at something that Elodie must have said
    and then I hear her laugh. The noise floats through the breezeless air towards me, reminding me of the opera music that my Dad listens to when he thinks no one else is in the house.

    When I first saw them, the shock of seeing two young girls out in the woods stunned me. I
    couldn’t speak and I didn’t dare move. The look of fear in their eyes told me that they weren’t
    expecting to see me either.
    When my eyes fell onto Serena, that’s when I really noticed her. She was like nothing I’ve ever
    seen before. She looked wild, unkempt, and frightened. Her hair needed brushing, her clothes were filthy and her legs were hairy, but she had instantly become the prettiest and the most intriguing girl I had ever seen in my life. She was prettier than Tiffany Wise at school and until today, I’d never before seen a girl my age that was more beautiful than Tiffany.

    I hadn’t followed her just because I thought she was attractive though. The reason I chased
    her is because I know her. I’ve seen her face a thousand times before. Her face has bored, intrigued, and damn-near annoyed me over the years. It’s not exactly the same, of course it was never going to be the same, but I know it’s her. It has to be.

    I hear more gun shots in the distance and turn my eyes back to the