Chapter 379
379 Let’s Get out of Here
The girl led Anna through the woods to an isted cave. Anna followed the girl into the narrow cave
and found that it was actually well- furnished.
The furniture there was all exquisite woodwork, with a bed, a table, a chair and a mirror. Anna noticed
some wooden ducklings in the bathtub and assumed they were the ones Mike had carved that day.
Mike clearly loved his daughter, but Anna couldn’t understand why the girl seemed to despise her
father so much.
“My name is Tracy. What’s yours?” said the girl. She didn’t seem to be scared of Anna.
Anna was relieved that she still had a few more days, and she smiled and said, “I’m Anna. Thank you
for saving me.”
“You’re very wee. But | can only save you for the time being. After awhile, he’ll still kill you. He’s
just one of Dragon’s obedient dogs, and he will do whatever Dragon wants.”
“He’s your father, isn’t he?” Anna froze.
“I wish that he’s not,” Tracy said, frowning, “He’s not worthy of being my father or my mother’s
husband. He stood by and watched as those bastards abused my mother, but he didn’t dare to say
anything or do. anything about it!”
Hea that, Anna felt conflicted emotions and
for Tracy.
Then Tracy picked up two toys from the windowsill and said, “The little toys you gave me are awesome.
When | opened them, I found these 378 Let’s Get out of Here two things. What are these? | followed
the instructions and made two monsters.”
“They’re not monsters; they’re Bumblebee and Spider-Man,” Anna said with a smile.
“What exactly are they?”
“They are both heroes. And…”
And Tracy listened intently as Anna told the story of the Marvel characters.
“How old were you when you came here?” After finishing telling the stories, Anna asked.
“About four or five. I don’t remember,” Tracy said nkly, “I’m going to have to leave here eventually
anyway! But no one talks to me except for the box.”
“Which box?”
Tracy proudly disyed her box to Anna and eximed, “I always talk to it when I’m bored. To be
honest, I don’t understand anything the box says. But I think you’ll understand because you’re from
outside.”
Anna smiled as she looked at the old radio. She had an idea and asked, “Where can you hear the box
talking?”
Tracy pointed to the sky outside and said, “I can hear it when I climb to the top of West Mountain! Is
this because the gods all live in higher ces?” She referred to a hill to the northwest as “West
Mountain.”
“Do you always bring this radio to that mountain?” Anna asked.
Pointing to the box, Tracy said happily, “Oh, this thing is called a radio!”
Anna nodded her head. 378 Let’s Get out of Here
Tracy continued, “After | climb to the top of the hill, I will press this button. Then the radio will start
ying, But I can only hear it when the Weather is nice, and it won’t talk when it rains.”
Anna took her phone from her duvet pocket. When she woke up after she was taken to the ind, her
first thought was to get her phone, and she
was surprised they hadn’t taken it away. Sheter discovered that it was because there was no signal
there. And as she learned that there was a signal at the top of the mountain, Anna’s eyes glowed.
“Tell me what it’s like out there, will you?” Tracy said, waving her hand.
Anna stared at the little girl and thought for a moment. Then she said, “Life is much more exciting out
there than it is here! The kids love these toys, and they loveic books and movies.”
Tracy listened intently to Anna about the outside world. And Anna also got some information from her.
Looking around, Anna noticed orange lights on, making it look quite cozy. She asked, “You’ve been
living here for over seven years, right?” “Actually, my dad was supposed to send me out of here after
my mother died. But he didn’t.”
“You were little then, so he couldn’t send you away.”
“But | heard there were orphanages where children could be adopted. They have food and games, and
I’m not sure why he didn’t send me there.”
“Those children are orphans and have no parents. They have a miserable life.”
“I don’t have a mother, and Mike doesn’t deserve to be my father. Also, I was trapped here and had to
watch out for wild animals. So, I ive a miserable life too. Let me go to the orphanage! | really, really
want to go 378 Let’s Get out of Here there!”
Anna felt mixed emotions. By the early morning, Tracy finally felt tired and fell asleep. Having snuck out
of the cave on tiptoe, Anna ran up the hill. She turned on her phone and found it had only a 3% charge.
She was very anxious and went around the hill for a long time, trying to find a signal.
But she had just taken two steps when her phone died. Anna sighed as she put her phone back in her
pocket and walked back to the cave. The next morning, Mike came in and put a thermos on the table.
Anna ducked back and gave him a wary look.
Mike told Anna, “Tell my daughter to get up and eat breakfast. There are wild animals here, so don’t run
around at night. If you meet them, no ‘one can save you.”
Anna froze, realizing that Mike knew she had gone up the mountainst night. Tracy awoke after Mike
had left. She sat at the table, looked at the insted lunchbox, then put the lid back on it.
Sheined, “It’s the same meal every day! | don’t wanna eat it”
Anna asked, “Tracy, do you want to get out of here?”
Tracy eximed as she ate her bread, “Of course I do! | even made a raft in secret. But it doesn’t float,
and I can’t swim. I don’t even have an idea about which direction | should go.”
“Would you mind showing me your raft?”
“Do you want to run away? Let me tell you, it’s okay for me to run and get caught. But if you do that and
get caught, you will be screwed.” “But don’t you want to get out of here? The world outside is full of
wonders!” 378 Let’s Get out of Here
“No. Anna, stay here and talk to me, please. I can pretend I’ve been there if you tell me a little more
about the outside world.”
It was at that moment that Anna realized she had probably talked too much about the outside world the
night before, leaving the girl with little interest in what was out there. Still, her eyes lit up when she saw
the bread in Tracy’s hand.
“Do you know what people eat out there?” she asked.
“What? Pheasant, steak, and bread?”
“Those are main dishes. Do you know about dessert?”
“I’ve heard the box mention it. What exactly is it? Is it tasty?”
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“Try it,” Anna said, pulling a bar of melted chocte from her jacket pocket
Tracy refused to eat the chocte after looking at it. She asked, “What is this? No, I’m not eating it! It
looks like s**t!”
Anna said as she popped half of the chocte into her mouth. “It tastes really nice. See, try some.”
Tracy was finally persuaded. A few secondster, Tracy ate the
chocte quickly and even licked the wrapper. She said, “This is so good! Do you have any more
chocte?”
“Ifyou want more of this, get out of here with me, okay? There are things that are better than chocte
out there, such as burgers, donuts, cakes, lobster and so on.”
Tracy asked curiously, “Wow! Are there really so much tasty food?
Anna said, “I’m not lying!” “But Mike lied to me! He keeps telling me that if | go outside, I’ll starve to
death. He doesn’t want me to leave here.” 378 Let’s Get out of Here “You will indeed starve to death if
you go out there by yourself. But if youe with me, I’ll make sure you get to eat all of this.” Tracy
asked, her eyes brightening, “What are we waiting for? I’ll show you the raft | built earlier.