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Author: Samantha K. Whyte
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Ford stands up, embarrassed but hiding it well.

He picks up Ashley with one pull of his left hand and holds out his right hand to Sue again who raises on eyebrow.

"You want to fall again? You haven't learnt your lesson." She teases and takes his hand. "Ah you should be ashamed of yourself. Using this much strength for a woman when all you want to do is to pull her up. Disappointing."

Ford laughs and is quite relieved that both of them are okay although he still plans to figure out how and why they were locked in.

And how the latch that opens from the inside was locked although that was supposed to always be open.

Apparently, Sue didn't see or know about it so there's no way she could have locked herself and her daughter inside the room and stayed there till late at night.

They hadn't even eaten lunch or dinner.

"Penny for your thoughts."

"Do people still say that?" Ford genuinely wonders. "Well, I still say it. What were you thinking?"

"There was latch you could have opened above the
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