Vera was driving along the beautiful streets of the U.S., it was a great pressure watching out the window. The sort wheels float so effortlessly along the cliff road. It was beautiful watching the mountains beside it.
The four of us had to squeeze into the back seat. I, Cal, Grace, and Elena.
"I am so grateful you guys came for me. My name is Elena." The president's daughter said, grinning widely. "I know you are Sidney, and I just realized your boyfriend is First Lieutenant Cal David, with a clue from the name tag in his combat uniform. I am so pleased." She was so cute.
I smiled at her. Being a multi-wealthy girl who was raped, and she isn't acting like a spoiled brat. She certainly had a good heart.
"So, how long have you guys been dating?"
I found that question ridiculous. I don't even know what kind of relationship I and Cal are in. I wondered how to respond to her, then I realized I shouldn't be the only one worrying about a response to give. Cal should too.
I checked the time on Cal's wristwatch, it was 3:00 am. I looked at the rearview mirror and saw Vera's eyes concentrated on me. Isn't she supposed to concentrate on the road? I ignored her and looked at the windscreen.
"WATCH OUT!!!" I yelled when I saw a trailer coming towards us and in the blink of an eye, the back of the car was hanging over the cliff edge. Our car made this creak when Vera panicked, and then we realized our car was handing 50% over the cliff, we mustn't move too much else we would fall over the cliff, at least I thought others knew that. I didn't even want to breathe because I was afraid my breathing would move the car. I looked at Red his head on the window, and it was bleeding. He hit his head hard on the window when Vera tried navigating the trailer. Grace was just too weak to scream, but you could see the fear in her eyes.
"Oh God, oh God! What have I done?" Vera panicked.
"Hey, this is not the time to panic, everyone calms down else we fall over this cliff and land on the cold dead river!"
"What?" Elena started panicking, she made attempts to step out of the car, I tried to hold her, but it was too late, our car lost its grip to the edges, and we slid down.
Red woke up,
Cal held my hands tightly,
"Everybody open the door! Jump out and take a deep breath before landing on the water!" Cal yelled and in the next second, I held Grace tightly, and she held Elena tightly, we heeded the instruction and were in the water.
I am so scared that this may be the end of me. After all, we suffered; we didn't get to reach Nigeria. How can I die in the US?
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It was cold, I felt like I was going to freeze to death, I, Elena, and Grace found a very tiny landed spot to catch our breath on each time we had to swim to an extent. This was just how we survived.
Elena could swim effectively, while I helped Grace most of the time as she was too weak to swim, I don't know where the others were, but I needed to stay alive first.
I was so weak that I couldn't even stand up when I got to shore. The sun was setting, meaning we were in the water for hours.
"Sidney!" Elena called my name wearily. I looked back at her, and she came hugging me tightly. I embraced her.
"I'm so sorry," I said apologetically
"You don't have to be."
Tears flowed through my eyes. I hugged her more tightly to prevent myself from crying out loud. Then I saw someone walking towards us. I freed Elena. The person's walking step was weak, so I didn't get to recognize the walking step. Then I realized the person was putting on a soldier's uniform. I couldn't stop thanking God as Cal approached us.
I ran towards him, hugged him, kissed him, pecked him, and then he wiped the tear on my cheek.
"I am sorry I let all these have to happen to us…"
"Shh…." I shut him up immediately. "Cal… Cal, we survived. We should be grateful for that"
"I can't find any of them" Cal started to well up, and it hurt me so much to see him cry, I wished I had the magic to turn back the hands of time immediately.
I hugged him tightly.
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"So, how do we make it out of this…" I thought of the best word to use in describing where we were… "Island?"
"Coast." Elena corrected.
"It doesn't matter what you call it girls, all that matters is how to find the others and make it out of here."
I, Cal, Grace, and Elena walked together and joined hands in making things right. We want to find Vera and Red. I hoped for a second that we wouldn't find Vera. She is the reason we are in this mess!
"I can't believe we are lost in America!"
"I think it is better to be lost in America than Nigeria. They will find us, Dead or Alive."
"Yeah, also thanks to Miss President's daughter here. The president won't ensure to find you"
" What about if we can't be tracked? Like …"
"We would be able to send an SOS message. We need to gather some supplies. What is that?" Cal asked pointing at something by the waterside, We ran close to it and then realized it was Red.
Grace immediately pulled him out and started checking his pulse. He was alive, just breathing funny, and had a deep cut right in his forehead.
We were so hungry. Nothing to eat… All we did was drink salty water. Cal had made sure the salt settled to an extent before we drank, to avoid us consuming so much salt.
We sat down, frustrated and making wishes.
Red woke up but was still in pain. I realized he and Grace were dating. They look so adorable together. Elena, smiling to herself. I guess she is remembering the sweetest moment of her life. Cal was lying close to me, but not saying a word. I guess he is still feeling guilty.
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