The alley was dark as I entered it, I could hear dogs barking and the sound of the police sirens coming closer. I quickly continued my escape down the filthy alley; it was dark and smelt of alcohol, I could see a tramp sleeping in a doorway.
Iwent to hide when I heard voices at the entrance of the alley, they would find me if I didn't think quickly, I ran to a nearby ladder and climbed to the first storey where I could see a window slightly open, I forced it open and slid inside.
I looked around to see where I was and saw a husband and wife sleeping soundly together. A teardrop of sadness slowly decended down my cheek and on to the floor. I was due to get married before I was chucked in jail, locked away for something I didn't do, thirteen years of my life had been stolen away from me, thirteen of feeling nothing but pain, my fiance left me , my family disowned me and i had no friends left- all because of someone else's lies.
I remember what happened that night so clearly, I was in the 7/eleven when two robbers came in and tried to steal all the cash, the hold up went wrong and someone got shot, I was cowering in the corner when they threw the gun at me as they ran out, without realising I picked up the gun to protect myself in case they came back but when the police arrived they thought thar I was the robber as I was holding the gun, it had my finger prints all over it. I was taken to court and sent to jail for twenty years, no- one believed my story and my sentence began.
When I woke this morning I had no idea that I would be on the run from the cops as a wanted criminal, it just happened, I somehow managed to get inside a delivery truck at the prison and escape and here i am - on the run with nothing on my side. I had no where to go and no one to help me- what was I going to do?
I decided that I had to get away, I often had dreams in prison that I would escapeinto the woods and live of the land, surely after a few years they would forget about me, I could change my name and identity, I could do this I thought, all I had to do was get some money, clothes, food and a car to get me out of there and disappear forever.
I needed the car first, I headed back to the street and found a Holden Commodore which I managed to hot wire, and I headed to the nearest clothes store, it was a Friday night and the streets wre busy, people were everywhere but i had to put my plan into action.
I turned the corner and without realising parked outside the 7/eleven where this nightmare begun for me thirteen years ago, I had flashbacks to that night and I started to shake and cry, what would happen if I was caught, they will throw me back in jail and probaly give me more time, if I get away what will happen to me in the middle of no-where, I would probaly die of starvation or animal attack. I cant stand it jail; I would get beaten again and agian.
My shaking got faster and i could hardly breathe, I lost control of my brain, without thinking my hands and feet did their own thing. It was like being in someones mind and having no control, it was like watching a movie. I drove, my mind screaming 'No!' and my body screaming 'Yes!', I had no choice, this was to be my end.
I saw a bright light in the distance and the sound of a train horn, I steered the car towards the tracks as the bright light came towards me, it was fast and suprisingly painless, I felt everything being lifted from me and my last thoughts dimmed down until there was nothing but blackness.....
