TEMPTING THE LONER

EL'S

ats faster with each step I take forward and every step sends spikes of pain through my skull, but I refuse to let it slow me

do... only God knows

eryone knows everyone's business. Gossip is easy to spread around in this area. I know that because I lived here once. Yet it seems like no one was calling the police. The quietness of the night proves it. This is a very

g tonight i

rd. My heart thumps violently a

one who is running for her life, but the more I ran and the darker the night gre

s on my face. The pungent smell of bins fills my nostrils a

e this. How did I even get in t

overnment scooter ahead. Sneaking a gaze

on. C

can't feel anything. I dip my hand in my othe

coins. A terrified gulp slid painf

itoring my every movement and waiting for the right time to pounce. That's why despite

ause to relax. My knees c

to catch

ives me time to raid

dness, I fo

and I push it into the electric

nd my body is trembling on the scooter but at least, I can r

am I in a neighborhood meant for the lowest class of society, you may wonder? That's somet

to skip a beat. I turn to look at it. Five dogs, begging to be freed, bark at me from behind a wire

ver thought I'd hate it and love it at the same time but here I am, enjoying the darkness that mak

ttime. There's no where to run or stay undercover because there is easy access

at may be a good sign or a bad sign but I don't care. I won't stop until I reach my destinatio

ght, illuminates the path before me. I'm not so far away anymore.

Ho

aces the dreadful feelin

re he won't be able to find me. At least, I'll have a few hours

ster. Just a few more blocks a

hink twice to realise what it was nor where it came from. It's

urs and my che

me? How?...

it is carrying the weight of something twice my size. I

the hand the bullet hit. Blood is oozing out of my arm.

me before my body

y breath hovering down my skin. This makes me realise how close my body is to his and it gives me goo