_ Broke But Breathing _
"On your knees!" They demand.
We get down on our knees quickly.
"You thought we couldn't get you, huh!"
The tallest man in the gang fires a gun at Ren, shooting his arm.
Ren cries out in pain.
It's then that it hits me that they are here for Ren. Not me.
I thought he had got to me...
In a sick twisted way, it's kind of a relief.
One of them strangles Ren, spitting in his face.
"We want our money!"
"Hey! Stop!" I blurt out.
A slap is what I get from trying yo defend my friend.
"Shut the f**k up, slut!"
He turns to Ren.
"We want our money, pretty boy."
Ren quivers.
"I don't have it! I lost all of it!"
The men burst into a laugh.
When Ren joins in the laugh, he gets a punch on the cheek. A hard punch. So hard blood spurts out of his mouth.
