Chapter Five
To my utter relief, the car drove by. It wasn't him. Yet, I felt unsettled, constantly looking over my shoulders in fear.
I needed to get out of here, and the sooner, the better. That's when I spotted the same gas station that had led to my freedom, and I decided to take a chance.
The bell above the door jingled as the door swung open, and my eyes flicked towards the counter where an old man stood lost in his world, counting coins. I didn’t want him to get the wrong idea about me, so I swiftly moved through the isles of the mini-mart, down to the back, and into the bathroom.
I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror and sighed. I looked almost unrecognizable, like I had been through hell and was having a hard time coming back. With my current state, it was not surprisin
