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There was no way in the world I was ever going to be able to get down from the top of that wall. I'd have to wait until morning when they could come back with a very tall ladder.

"Well, you can't stay up here," Elliott reminded me. I wanted to disagree. I thought I could stay up here nicely for a few hours.

Without responding directly, I took a deep breath, grabbed Elliott's arm, and peered down. It seemed almost as far away from me now as it had when I was on that airplane. Looking at my sister, I warned, "You're going to blow out your knee again."

Cadence had a smirk on her face, but she also looked empathetic, like my remark reminded her of how she must've felt when Aaron threw her out of the airplane. "Come on, Cass," Cadence said, clearly not afraid of heights of this distance. "You can do it."

"No," I said again, wanting to back up, but there was nowhere to go.