Episode 10

When they reached the door that led to the abandoned locker room, Connor pushed the door, expecting it to swing open, but it wouldn’t budge. “Great,” he grumbled, and threw himself against it. It bent a bit, and another shoulder-shove against the door made it bang against the other locker and almost swing back, creaking on one hinge.  Miah held her hands quietly, realizing this guy was strong.  Okay.

“Well, they’ll have to fix that door.” As they ran, Connor shoved a cartridge into his handgun. “Just in case we run into any more of them.”

“You wouldn’t kill someone, would you?” she gaped.

Running around a corner, he shook his head. “They killed Amy. And they’d just as soon kill you or me.”

“So that’s how you justify it?” They reached the large room, and their footsteps echoed. Connor hurried down the long hallway and reached the door. “Murder?” He turned to her, about to snap back. She stepped away, suddenly afraid of this man.

“Have you ever killed someone?” Miah whispered, barely daring to move.

He stared back at her for a long moment. She stared back, almost cringing. Unwilling to answer, he shoved the door open and walked outside. He unlocked the car and got in, starting it up. She cautiously opened the door and sat in the seat, and put her seatbelt on. As he drove away, she looked down. “Take me home.”

He frowned. “But they must know where you live. You won’t be safe there.”

“Would I be any safer here?” she almost yelled.

“Yes! If I have anything to do with it, you will be! Ben told me to make sure you’re safe.”

Miah wanted to cry. “Why won’t they just leave us alone?”

He shrugged. “It’s what they do.”

“But I didn’t do anything to them!”

“They’re bad men, Miah. They only think about themselves, and ambush innocent people for fun. They don’t care whether they even know who you are. Personal gain is their only interest, and greed controls them as nothing else can.”

He stared at the road ahead, and as she watched him she was reminded of a verse in Proverbs about the evil man. ‘They run to do something evil, and they cannot wait to kill someone.’

She sighed. “I think I understand.”

He nodded. “They’ll get what’s coming to them, though. They’ll pay.”  He scowled, and Miah looked away, taking deep breath and looking out the window.