She speeds off in another direction

She was not going to sprint through all those people, that's for sure. Instead, she quickly bolted off to the side and into a narrow alley. She heard the others yell after her but she kept on going. The rough ground hurt her feet so she could not run all that fast, but she gave it a good go. The alley ran parallel to the busy main street, and every now and then she caught a glimpse of the crowd there. There were a lot of people there. Suddenly someone grabbed her arm. She was grabbed by more people and they pulled her off to the side.

She realized quickly it was the same people who had brought her here. They had been much faster than her as they weren't barefoot as she was.

"Hey now, you can't keep trying to skip out on your dare!"

"Oh....I wasn't trying to! I thought I just had to get back to my hostel." Julie defended.

"Yeah right. I have an idea though. If we can't trust you to stay on course, maybe we can make sure that you do."

They took her back to the car. Julid was timidly and nervously walking along. They had her stand next to the car while they grabbed something from the trunk. Already some shoppers were starting to notice her as she awkwardly stokd fidgeting on the pavement. Her stomach dropped when she saw them take out a red leash from the trunk.

"This should stop you from running off!" They laughed.

"No way! You can't make me wear that."

"Forfeiting the dare only makes things worse you know. It can get much more humiliating than this!"

Could it? Julie was not sure, although she had been surprised at how humiliated she could feel many times already. She could try to escape into the crowd. That would be super embarrassing too, but better than being led on a leash through that same crowd anyway. If they caught her again though...