Chapter 11
"We need to get you out of here right now, Catherine," Clara urged, slipping her arm around the weak woman's waist to help her stand. "Arthur is upstairs; he doesn't know about this."
Catherine shook her head frantically, her fingers digging into Clara's sleeve with desperate strength. "No! If Margaret catches us in this hallway, she will eliminate both of us without a second thought."
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"We can't stay down here in the dark," Clara insisted, guiding Catherine toward the open steel door. "We are going straight to the police, and this time there will be federal marshals involved."
Just as they reached the threshold of the subterranean room, a sharp, echoing sound reverberated down the stone corridor. Heavy heel clicks were descending the basement stairs.
