Luck was not on our side. When we arrived at the escape route, the door was actually locked. A pretty girl hurried over and tried to open it. When she realized it was not going to budge, she immediately broke down and started banging at the door. “I don’t want to die! I’m only eighteen! There’s so much I haven’t done. Please!” She started crying.
“Step aside!” Christopher shoved the girl aside and took a look at the lock. Once he realized that there was no way to unlock it, he backed away and started kicking the door. It took a few kicks, but the door eventually budged and looked like it was about to fall.
A man behind picked up a chair from the floor and shouted, “Let me do it!” He smashed the chair onto the door as soon as he finished.
The metal door finally collapsed and the crowd flocked through. As soon as that happened, I was squeezed to the side and got separated from Christopher. I called out to him repeatedly and reached my hand out, but I could no longer see him. At that moment, I wanted to cry.
But then, I saw Lyle and Crystal rushing out from the crowd on the other side. They were headed to the deck as well, and when they saw me, Lyle told me to go with him to the lifeboats.
“I need to wait for Christopher! You guys go without me!” I flung Lyle’s hand away and took a step back, searching for Christopher’s silhouette in the crowd.
“You idiot! Die with him then!” Lyle took off with Crystal while I stayed there shouting Christopher’s name as I moved towards the direction of the lifeboats.
When I reached the deck, I saw that Christopher was looking everywhere for me, so I finally calmed down. “I’m here!” I shouted at him.
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