i woke up being dragged across a hallway of presumably a mansion from what i could see out of my still tired, dropping eyes. two men were holding my arms tightly, but before i regained the feeling in my body i felt them drop me at once. i landed with a thud but as i turned to see why i had suddenly fallen, the two men were beating eachother up. the dominant on top was throwing vicious punches to the other's face, already bruised and bleeding. he had passed out.
i quickly took advantage of the situation and got up, starting to waddle away from them. lost in the house, i continued to walk along the exposed hallways trying to find an exit, any exit. the man noticed that i was running away, and stopped punching the unconscious body. i ran even faster, limping as i tried to mute the pain of my leg, but he caught up to me and held me by the arm.
"STOP LET ME GO!" i resisted, trying to get his hand off me. but he covered my mouth to stop me from shouting as he scanned the area around being cautious. i stopped shouting.
"please don't shout. im trying to help you. please." i loosened up recalling him beating up the other guard, as he let go of me too. the temptation to run away diminished as i looked into his brown pupils that held a sincere plead.
he gripped me softly by the shoulders and looked me too in the eye as i noticed fresh wounds on his face, sweat dripping down his forehead.
"right now, you're in the house of our client. i'm risking my life for this you know? we don't have much time. i manged to get rid of one of our men, but im sure the owner of this house has many more. i'm going to take you to the back exit. you'll see a road. run along it, and don't stop. just keep running ok? it won't be easy, but after finiding the small shed you'll be safe enough to wait for cars to pass. ask every car, any car to take you out of this town. to somewhere that's not here. i wish i could go with you, im sorry this is all i could do for you."
i listened carefully to every instruction and then recalled that he was the person who gave me the kimbap as dinner.
he grabbed my wrist and pulled my through the house to the exit. words wouldn't find their way out of my mouth, but i was so grateful.
"t-thank you." i said to him quickly as he opened the back door. "thank you a lot. i'll never forget this." he gave me one last smile and opened my hand and put 20 dollars in it.
"it won't go far, so use it well. we are pretty far from the city, so use this to pay for a cab if one passes by the road. you can do this."
he gave me a small push outside, it was eery and i could see the sun beginning to rise. "wait, why are you helping me?" i said before he closed the door.
"because i was once like you." hegave one last look at me as i heard people inside shouting and running. that was the last thing he said to me.
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i looked ahead for the road and ran as fast as i could to it. i stumbled along it but persevered for a long time. after around 20 minutes of dragging my legs as fast as i could i saw a small grey shed lit by the subtle morning sun. i quickly over shivering in the cold as i looked around for any cars. the road was long and windy, the smell of pure nature overpowered as i looked at all the trees that made me feel even more scared. i couldn't help but think about the guy. i didn't even get his name. tears of overwhelming feelings fell down and i couldn't help but collapse onto the road and cry. "mum, dad-" i said in between cries, "im okay now- im okay." i got disturbed by lights in the distance. headlights.car headlights. i got to my feet anticipating the car and held my arm out as a whitish looking car approached. it was heading forward, if only he would stop for me- as it got closer i noticed the blue an red patches on the car, and the lights ontop.
a police car. just my luck!
"here! here!" i waved my arm vigorously as the male driver squinted at me and the car came to a halt. i ran to the window and he put it down.
"what is a young woman doing here?"
"i was- kidnapped. please take me home!" i begged. he opened the door and we headed to the police station. it was a long drive, as i was being asked numerous questions that brought back trauma and fear.
i was safe.
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