Disappear, Part Two

Journal Entry: Chased

I woke up. After sleeping on the roof I felt like every part of my body was in pain. However I didn't have time for morning stretching because from the rooftop I saw that people were looking for me. I had to keep on moving.

I got down from the roof. I went back to the streets. I walked among crowds of people. I tried to blend in as much as I could. I think that I might have been very close to John's people a couple times. However I wasn't found.

In one moment John's people were around every corner and some were even coming in my way. So I quickly walked in an alleyway. I started climbing up to the roof however I heard someone yell "Catherine!".

I climbed down. It was Irvin.

"Why did you just disappear?" He asked.

I looked to see if there was behind him or around. There wasn't.

"First of all let's talk more away from the street." I said.

We walked to the end of the alleyway.

"I really can't talk for long but I think you deserve to know this." I added.

"Know what?" Irvin asked.

"It's about your Dad. Have you ever thought about how we have workers to work in the mine?" I asked.

"They apply for it? Right?" Irvin responded.

"No. I found out from a worker that they got kidnapped and forced to work." I revealed.

There was a pause of silence. "That's why I disap-"

I could say before I started to get shot at by someone. I immediately took cover and took out my revolver. I loaded it. Then cocked it and shot them in the head.

I got out of cover and started climbing to the roof. As I climbed I heard Irvin say loudly. "I'm sorry, I had to."

I ran as fast as I could on rooftops. I was getting shot at as I ran. I got down from the rooftops and I tried to stay hidden among crowds however I got spotted again. It was just a gunfight on the streets between John's people and me. I was getting shot at left and right.

After a long time. People stopped shooting at me. I didn't want to check if everyone died to not risk me getting injured. So I just walked out of Glasgow.

I walked for hours by a road. Eventually I took a break. I sat by the road. Then I just thought about what happened.

Irvin basically betrayed me. I trusted him, however.... he broke that. I lost a friend that I deeply cared about. It just made me think of the people I lost. That just made me cry my heart out. I just let myself let it out. I began praying.

"This is what the people I spend so much time with have done for me. They betrayed me. Now I have no one."

I said tearfully. I felt that God was comforting me at that moment. Like he was hugging me.

"You have me." He said

That made me feel better.

I got up and I kept on walking by the road.

I remember walking and feeling very tired. I didn't have energy to keep on walking. I laid down on a bench and fell asleep.