ta
o go up and show Uncle Patrick the wristwatch I've gotten for him as a birthday gift. His birthday took place a few days
om the Japanese neighbor's apartment, nor the smell of spice and onions. I press my ear softly
she's
place was eerie silent as
didn't s
four at most, then twelve any day he didn't have a lot of work. The Japanese lady runs a food court downtown and often rushes hom
voices in the room, but the most prominent one is deep and scary, like a creditor threatening his debtor to
ween my fingers, I lift a fist and knock softly.
aty palms together, finally re
e corridor. Placing my left hand on my chest, I reach out for
und his mouth, his hands behind his back. He's still seated on his favorite leat
a bruise forming on his right cheekbone and his lip
t the signal to run but there's no way I'm leaving with
to see a hulking man for the first time, pointing a metal gun at me. His face is partly veil
his eyes on me, stark with fear. I look past the hulking man's dark, steely eyes to see that he wasn't alone. His equally veiled companio
urther around my neck, almost stifling my life. Suddenly, he releases me, an
uck are yo
These guys are armed robbers at most and thought we have a lot of money. Probabl
int you. We have nothing. You can see for yourself, the
steps forward and pointed his gun directly at my forehead. "If you don'
my lips together with two fingers
closer. "It'll be best if I knock you out as well. This isn't about you, but the w
ts explode in my vision, then complete darkness as I fall ov
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