The Escape (II)

Sarah looked at his intensely wide eyes, full of innocence and she nodded, "Okay."

After she finished dinner, Ed then got up and told her to follow him out.

"What?" she gasped, worried and scared.

He smiled gently, and gestured with his hand, "It's okay. All of the guards are asleep."

"They are? How is that possible?" Sarah asked.

"I've been giving them food that I cooked for the past few weeks," Ed said, "The same thing as what I gave you. Which was why it was easier for me to slip the food for you."

"What do you mean?" 

"It explained the smell of food," Ed patiently explained.

"Oh," Sarah replied, nodding in understanding. Ed really had thought of everything in fine detail. She became touched again thinking of how much he had taken care of her, at the risk to himself.