RONAN; The car halted right outside a white, clean building, surrounded by tall trees and a few distant houses. I darted my eyes around, unsure about what could have brought me here. Birds chirped louder as they flew from one tree to the other. I grabbed my phone from the armrest compartment and read the address again. Just then, my phone buzzed in my hand. Another message. “Good boy. Get out of the car, and use the gate before you.” My jaw clenched even harder as I read it. I was the one being addressed as a ‘Good boy’? Pathetic! But I had little to no option. I rubbed my hair, hit my fist hard against my steering wheel. I stepped out, jamming the door behind me. The tarred floor looked drenched from the early morning rain. My sneakers made that sound against tiny stones that tighte

