✧ACE LEE✧
Here we are, standing on the broad expanse of the road that marks Ryan's final exit from the city. Every town along this route is fortified with checkpoints, leaving no room for escape. I was accompanied by Grandpa, the police commissioner, and over twenty officers, all in uniform, lined up squarely in the road. Their arms are extended, each gripping a weapon, poised as if ready for battle. In the middle of the road, towering signs declared "NO ENTRY" and "NO VEHICLES ALLOWED."
I’m still trying to piece together what Grandpa's intentions are. On our way here, he mentioned something that struck me—Mommy Marga, my stepmother, might be right about Ryan being unreliable. The truth is, Grandpa had wanted to groom Ryan to take the role he’s been trying to hand over to me, the one I’v
