Episode 3: The Escape

When Ms. Lily fell asleep, the two little sisters decided that it was time for them to escape. So they left at midnight, around 2:30 am. They disguised themselves as foreigners, changed their names and went straight to Emma’s house where she gave them the tickets to New York. Until it’s time for the plane, they have to

stay at the airport.

“London to New York, quite a journey,” said Emma, “If uncle or aunt comes to know of this, we all are dead!”

“It’s okay”, replied Eleanor, “Now give me that house address. I’ve to see whether I can recognize the place.”

Emma quickly handed over a small card to Eleanor and said, “Well, I’ve nothing to say. Take care and please don’t get lost!”

It was late already when Emma realized that she forgot to give food and other documents to Eleanor. She ran to the airport as soon as possible but unfortunately, the plane had taken off. Eleanor had gone to New York with her sister.

Anne was excited as she had never visited New York. But Eleanor was calm, as she had already spent her 5 years of childhood there.

On reaching New York, Eleanor had a phone call. The person who spoke to her was an unfamiliar girl. The girl said, “Ms. Eleanor, please come to West garden hotel now. Your room has been booked.”

Eleanor went to the hotel and in a few minutes, she shifted to her new house. Though the whole house didn’t belong to her, the place was quite comfortable and very quiet than the previous one. Suddenly, there was a banging noise and the door opened. A girl came into the room and hugged Eleanor. But Eleanor was quite confused.

The girl looked up. “Oh Ellen! We’re meeting after such a long time! You’ve grown quite pale. And this, are you married? Where is your husband? And is this your daughter? How old is she?” she asked, pointing at Anne.

“Oh! She’s 13 years old.” Replied Eleanor, who was 16. She was unable to control herself from laughing seeing the petrified figure of the unknown girl.

She asked, “Jennet, long time no see!”

Now, who’s Jennet? Jennet is the person who owes Eleanor a thousand promises. We’ll soon come to know of this but for now, let us keep it a secret!

Jennet and Eleanor had a long chat together. They played games and ate to their heart’s content. Then Eleanor spoke, “Oh no! I suddenly realize that I left all my documents, birth certificates, and other things with Emma. Now I have to soon find some work as I don’t have enough money. You know, we just can’t spend Emma’s money uselessly.”

Jennet was listening. She spoke, “I’ll find you a job. You don’t need to worry.”

The next morning, in London, there was a long but unfruitful rush to find Eleanor and Anne. Mrs. Henderson was quite amazed at how cleverly the girls had escaped. There was nothing that could have been done and they left no trace. Even, when they checked the flights, they couldn’t find them as both Eleanor and Anne had changed their names to Diana and Eva respectively. So, of course, they could do nothing about it.

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