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Chapter 5 ✔️

— Third Person POV —

Standing up, he brushed the dirt off his hands.
What the fuck just happened? All he knew was that some random girl, pushed him out of the blue. It seemed like she did it on purpose but why? He had never even seen her before. She had caught him by surprise. She was definitely a foreigner. He could tell that much. What he wanted to know was what she was doing here? This was his place. It was an abandoned place, that he tweaked around and made his own. Not many people knew about it. Just him and a few others. So who was she and how did she find out? And why was she there?

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I safely reached the streets, which were slowly starting to get crowded once again. A part of me felt guilty for just running away like that, but another part told me I did the right thing. Who knew who or what he was. Back in Erilea, we were always taught that strangers are dangerous. People unlike us are dangerous. From a young age, we were told stories of how strangers could be harmful to us. Of course I didn't believe all of it; they were just told so that we wouldn't associate with other people who were not like us. Maybe it was the fact that I was in a different country, away from everyone I knew.

At that point, I was so confused. I would never fit in. I was so different from everyone else. I most likely over reacted just then, and he was most likely just a normal person. I felt like an outsider, an invalid, who didn't belong.

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Joe still wasn't back yet, and I sat at home, thinking of all the places I wanted to explore. I made a list of all the places I wanted to visit: Gyeongbokgung Palace, Myeongdong, N Seoul Tower, Bukchon Hanok Village, Insadong. I wanted to do much. I wanted to experience Seoul to its fullest. As well as the places I wanted to visit, I thought about things that I wanted to do. One of the things was getting a job, even if it was a part time job. Just the thought of having something to do other than studying was appealing. Tomorrow I would go job hunting. As I was thinking about what I could possibly do, I thought of that man.

Why couldn't I get him out of my mind? What was it that made me feel bad for pushing him? Yes, he didn't actually cause me harm, and I did act unreasonably. I knew it was my inner Erilea self that made me feel this way. From a young age we were always taught that if we accidentally or even purposely caused someone harm, we should always be responsible for our actions. Mostly, we just apologized. Erilea was a peaceful area. I knew it was the right thing to do; I had to take responsibility, no matter how small the deed was.

Sighing, I decided that I would apologize to him tomorrow or whenever I could muster up the courage to go and find him. It just didn't sit well with me, knowing I had possibly caused harm to someone and I did nothing about it.

I waited a while for Joe to come home, but it was almost 10:30 pm and it was getting late. I put his dinner in the microwave, and go into my room. I had to sleep on time if I was going to find a job tomorrow. Hopefully.

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I heard the doorbell ring. "Mommy! Someone's on the door!" I told her.

"Okay sweetie, I'm coming." Mommy opened the door and I wanted to see who it was, so I followed her.

Two men, dressed in black, were talking to her. One of them grabbed her by the arm and said to her, "you're coming with us. You are not to talk or disobey us. If you do so, your daughter will be harmed."

They took mommy away. "Mommy!" I screamed and cried as they took her away. "Grab the girl as well." The person holding my mom told the other one. I pushed and pushed to get away from him, but he was too big. He grabbed me. I felt a sharp sting in my arm and all went black.