My Life is Far from Free

CHAPTER4

"Morning, I see you followed my directions and you are right on time." Jeff pointed out. I smiled and walked infront of him. Trees were sorounding us so no one would know what we were doing. No one could here us, we had to be at leasst eight miles into the woods.

"So, what are you going to teach me first" I questioned the tall man before me. "To throw a punch" he nonchalantly answered. He walked closer to me, close enough for his smell to taunt me. " Punch me"  Jeff demanded. I hesitated and said"No, I can't" He didn't change his expression but yelled "Punch me! Or are you too weak to do it? What if I was someone who was about to kill you." He got dangerously close to me and backe dme up into a tree. "Imagine I am the one who killed your mother" he whispered into my ear. " Imagine how much I loved killing her. How I left you to blame, made everyone think you did it. I stole everything from you. I made everyone turn on you, hate you. What are you going to do about it?" My hands formed to fists and my anger took over. I pushed him away from me and landed a punch on his stomach. he backedd up almost losing his balance and I landed another punch on the side of his face. This time he lost his balance and fell to the ground. He looked suprised at me and I calmed down.

"I- I am so sorry" i cried. "I don't knw what came over me!"

"Well, we now know you can throw a punch." he laughed. "Now, I need to teach you to dodge one. What you need to do is be patient and pay attention to your opponent. They might try to sneak up on you and take you down when your guard is down. Do not let your guard down. Now i am going to slowly throw a puch at you and I want you to try and blocking them."

He threw a right fist toward me and I quickly blocked it. He threw two more punches and each time i blocked them. He gradually threw more faster and harder and it was getting harder to block them. Each punch hurt more to block and soon I was unable to block them. "Stop" i told Jeff, I walked to a tree nearby and sat down breathing heavily. "Not bad," Jeff said "Not bad at all." He sat next to me and handed me a water

"Really" i asked him trying to ctch my breath.

"Yes, but you still need a lot of work. We will practice every morning at the same time unless i say. Understood?"

"Understood" i agreed.

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Hours later I got a text from Gale. I automatticaly startd feeling lost and confused. I remember the other night when I was taken away. I remember how she couldn't look me in the eyes. How she thought I was a monster. I sighed and looked at the text. it said, WE NEED TO TALK - LOVE GALE

I didn't reply right away but decided I should meet up with her. We met at a smale cafe, We both got coffees and didnt say anything at first. We were silent for a long while and we wouldn't even look at me.

"Did you really think I did it" i blurted out. She looked a me like i was a ghost. "I-I never said you did." she stumbled. "Just answer the question!" I yelled,

"No"  She was lying, I have known her forever so i know when she is. I got up and walked out of the cafe without a word. Gale followed me and screamed my name. I ignored her the best I could but she walked infront of me. I stopped walking and just looked at her trying to hold my tears back.

"Look, I know your mad and you have every right to be mad! I am sorry!  So so sorry!" She yelled with sincerity. 4

"Whatever" i snarled. She let me leave after that and i was thankful. i didn't want to talk anymore. i couldnt handle seeing her especially when i knew she was lying to me. 

I walked about eight miles and it started getting dark I still had about ten more miles to go. I kept walking down the street and ended up on a road without any people and little light. You might say dont go through there but it was the onnly way around town and then I have to go through the woods. I am a smart girl, I can always take care of myself especially with Jeff teachine me some moves.

In the middle of the road my phone vibrated, I looked at it and it said I had a text from Restricted. I opened the text and it read, IM WATCHING YOU.  I looked around and couldnt see anyone. i shook in fear but quickly got back my confidence. If I was being watched I can never show them fear.  WHO IS THIS, i replied back. In less than a minute i got a text back saying, I KILLED YOUR MOTHER. Those four words just made my heart drop. i swallowed my tears and typed, WHAT DO YOU WANT. i waited for a reply and when I got one it was like My heart fell to the floor an someone decided to play soccor with it.  YOU!