Thoroughly 10 - What Are You Wearing To Die? - Plot & Excerpts
28 Rustle, whisper, crackle. The outer walls of the building were brick and the roof tin, but the rafters and interior walls were pine. They’d go up like kindling. Besides, the back was full of chemicals. Would I burn first or be asphyxiated? I jerked my leg, hoping the cuffs would give. They didn’t. I started to jettison everything on my desk. Books, papers, and what was left of my phone flew in a flurry. I heaved my monitor to the floor. In my desperation, I was strong enough to lift the desk, but I had to have both feet on the floor to do it, and couldn’t wiggle my left leg enough to get the cuff to slide down the leg of the desk. I bent down and pushed the cuff as far down as I could and tried again. Still I couldn’t get the cuff off the leg of the desk. I grabbed my scissors and hurled them through the office window. It shattered, and they sailed through. Please let somebody see them and come! Nobody came, but a breeze of frigid air whistled through the window. The flames crackled louder.
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