Out of BodyI ran as fast as I could. I'm not part of this! ricocheted inside my brain. Just another guy on the street. Although I had the advantage of being under the cover of night, the sound of hastened footsteps behind drew closer and no matter which way I turned, which way I ducked and darted, the footsteps dogged me. I slipped through one doorway that stood slightly ajar and out the back of the building, through the alley and across another street.
Damned streetlights, damned neons!
Another alley, another street, and another chance to escape a madman who saw me as a threat. I saw nothing and only heard the shot. The scruffy guy who tried to panhandle me fell and a throng of people rushed in and crowded me out. I didn't know from where the shot rang out or who the shooter had been. I
