We walked out of the store mindlessly and the alarms went off.
"Crap." Tree Boy muttered as casually as if he'd missed a dance recital.
Nine and Tree Boy bolted forward and separated. I felt hot with fear and ran a different way too.
I was running for about thirty minutes and slowed down, exhaustion catching up to me.
I sit on a bench and bend forward. I breath heavily and eventually my breathing returns to normal.
I glance up and then take a double take.
I'm sitting in front of the Peacone Lane Grocery Store.
I walk up and look in purse, finding two dollars.
I push open the door and walk inside. The same cashier is there but I doubt he remembers me.
I walk towards the back of the store which is less busy and nobody can see me. I pocket a piece of gum and buy a water bottle.
I sit back down in front of the grocery store and wonder again about where I lived before.
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Misterio / Suspenso"This was it: Peacone Lane, 4972. But what stood there was not a house. Not a house at all, but a grocery store." Evelyn has been taken from her home once she was very little. She grew up about half her life in that prison but now, when she finds he...