The answer they got was that the two girls were injured and couldn't keep going, so they were about to leave. They said they could lend their tool bag to Zara Chapman, but only if they could be escorted to the exit; otherwise, they didn't feel safe handing over the bag now.
Zara Chapman hadn't expected the negotiation to go so smoothly. She was instantly overjoyed and turned around, saying to the others, "Who wants to come with me to walk them to the exit up ahead? It'll only take a few minutes, not long at all."
Because they were two girls, in the end, Lynn Miller and Wendy Aldridge each supported one, Renee Morgan and Zara Chapman each supported the other, and Lionel Lincoln and Kyle Beckett followed behind as escorts, while the rest stayed back and waited.
Renee Morgan was supporting the girl by her right arm, walking step by step toward the exit. Suddenly, she sensed something was off—why did it feel like the weight on her was getting heavier and heavier?
