Gunpoint Avenue

Chapter 18: Goodbye New York

Today is the day when I leave New York. I packed all my belongings, there are movers helping me put my stuff in a truck. I never thought I would be leaving this place. Most people would kill to visit this place, I do not blame them. New York can be a dangerous state that has criminal activities going on and shady authority figures. But for the most part, it is a great state with historic landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge. Being at Times Square is always a fun time. A lot of businesses and success stories happens in this state. Overall, New York is a great place.

However, there are several reasons on why I am leaving New York. First off, living in this state is ridiculously expensive. The apartment I live in is like $3,000 dollars for rent each month. That is a lot especially for people who can not afford to make that much each month. I can only imagine living at a house in this area, must be up to a couple hundred thousands to a million bucks to own it.

Second, I don't have that much friends and family members here. I have Seni, who is my best friend in the entire world. Also, I do treat her like a sister. But other than her, I don't have any other friends or family members in New York. So it does get lonely living in this huge state.

The biggest reason on why I'm leaving is because there is someone trying to threaten and ruin my life. Being a spy is already dangerous enough, but being a spy in a big city like New York is scary. It was only time when someone tried to threaten my life. But I do not know who is trying to kill me.

I tried guessing so many times who wanted to end my life, but I never came up with a solution. Originally, I thought it was Agent Graves since he hated me and how I treated him. But that does not make sense because he was there when the threats started to happen. Plus, why would he jeopardize his entire career and livelihood to kill a fellow spy. The consequences of that would be severe for him. So I do not think he is behind all this.

Another guess I had was Julian's child. I know that my guesses are ridiculous. Why would a little boy cause all this damage and wanted to threaten my life? My guess was that he wanted revenge for me killing his father, even though it was never my intentions to kill him. He was so sad and angry that he probably went on a killing spree to send a message to me that I was next on his killing list. But like I said, I do not think he could have done this. No little kid would have the time to runaway without getting caught, kill other children, and send cryptic messages all at the same time. Plus, he is a child and no kid would want to do anything drastic like murder people.

My last guess was that a random person who saw the news story about Julian's death and his child running away. Probably, that person got so livid about the whole situation that he or she wanted to get their revenge on me and anyone who worked for WOA. But that guess does not hold wait because it could be anyone. That is why I had to leave New York because I do not want to stay so that person could strike their revenge on me. I may be tough, but I have my limits. I rather live my life than die for petty reasons.

Right now, I'm moving to my home state, Virginia. I was not born there as I was born in Sierra Leone, Africa. But I lived in Virginia for almost twenty-six years of my life, until I decided to move to New York to pursue my position as a top spy at WOA.

Virginia is one of the most safest, quiet, and boring places. I'm not saying that Virginia doesn't have any crime or anything exciting going on. But for the most part, not a lot of crime happens at this state. There is not a lot of thrilling things going on. There's no major attraction at Virginia besides Washington, D.C. However, that is its own entity and is bigger than Virginia itself. Virginia mostly has small towns and farms. It's nothing like New York where there's a ton of huge buildings, businesses, a lot of people and interest plus, and tourist attractions.

For most people, Virginia sounds like a paradise to them since there's no chaos, overpopulation, or anything foolish going on. But those are some of the reasons why I wanted to leave Virginia in the first place. It was frustrating that I was not living the life I wanted to live. Being in Virginia for almost 26 years of my life felt like a prison. My family barely traveled to different states and countries. Also, I was not able to learn and become a spy.

Before I came a spy, I had to work at jobs I never desired to work at. My first job was at Cheesecake Factory, I worked as a dishwasher. I worked there for 2 months until I decided to resign since the workplace was not safe. There were rude employees who thought that they could talk trash and make me feel less than a human being. My second job was at Ultimate Charities, where I had to travel to different stores across the DMV area like Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, and more to help make people donate to end bullying and suicide. I worked there for three months. My last job in Virginia was at And That!, also known as Christmas Tree Shops. I worked as a stocker and a cashier. I lasted for 10 months, until I decided to stop working at Virginia all together.

I was just wasting my time and life not achieving my goals and doing what I loved. No offense to people working regular jobs as I do respect anyone working to provide for themselves and their families. But I could not take it anymore. I told my family that I wanted to move to New York and pursue my dreams of being the best spy in the world. My parents had reservations at first since they thought it was dangerous and they didn't want me to get hurt or killed. But I convinced them that this would change my life for the better. I would be helping out the world by stopping criminal activity. Plus, the WOA pays a lot of money.

So they allowed me to move to New York and pursue my dreams as a spy. Seven years later, now, I am returning back home and retired my spy career. Funny how the world works when time passes by. First, I always wanted to leave Virginia and go to New York. Now, I do not want to live in New York anymore and head back to my home state.

I just hope that I find peace and happiness living with my family in Virginia. When I left, there was sadness that all my family members had when I was gone. I just hope they are not mad at me and could forgive me if I hurt them. I love my family and I can't wait to see them again.