Clara cried out in pain, straining under the weight of her backpack. Her whole body was aching, from her shoulders to her back to her bare feet that were being tortured by the gravel. She had maybe five miles left to go. When she walked this route yesterday, it seemed so easy. But then again, yesterday her bag wasn't filled with heavy rocks.
On multiple occasions, when she stopped to rest for a bit, she had desperately tried to open the padlock she had locked her backpack with, or to break the zipper. All to no avail. Her car keys, her wallet, her cash, everything was locked inside. The only way to get out of this was to carry the bag, with all its load, all the way to the meadow where she left the key to the padlock. And that key itself was locked around a tree trunk. And the key to that key... well, the padlock on her backpack was threaded through it. She had thought of everything. She cursed herself for having thought of everything. She had planned out every single detail of her slave girl adventure, and now she couldn't back out.
At least she could have worn her sandals. That was part of her original plan. But it was when she was about to lock her car, her backpack already prepared, that she had this dumb last-minute idea. It would have been more authentic that way. So she took off her sandals and threw them in the trunk, shuddering as she locked it. She would have to remain barefoot all the way to the key and all the way back. She regretted it almost immediately as the nice grassy footpath became a rocky bridleway, but by that point it was too late.
The girl sighed and continued making her way to her destination. Just four and a half miles. She had to do it. She had no other choice.