“Did you hear something?”
“I didn’t hear anything but your heartbeat.”
“I’m serious. I heard footsteps. More than two people, and they were coming this way.”
“You’re hallucinating. There’s no one here.”
“I’m sure. Shhh… Listen to the sound.”
Joshu began to notice the sound I was referring to. From a distance, we saw four men running toward us with their guns pointed at us.
“s**t. Run!”
They were chasing us. Joshua and I ran through the darkness, aimlessly. My instincts told me they were going to kill us.
"We can't keep running from them."
I heard gunshots behind us. The men started shooting randomly, trying to hurt us.
"Hide behind the tree."
I nearly fell to the ground when Joshua suddenly pushed me behind a large tree.
“Joshua...”
“Hide. I can handle them.”
I hid behind the
