Chapter 161

The thought of living under the constant scrutiny of unseen eyes felt as if ants were biting me all over. A suffocating tension loomed over the room. I held my breath, and my fingers clutched the baseball bat tightly. After a moment of hesitation, I yanked the curtains open and swung the bat with all my strength at the buzzing drone hovering in mid-air. The drone fell to the ground with a loud crash and shattered into pieces. I added a few more strikes to scatter its components across the floor. Stepping over the loose screws, I picked up the broken drone with one hand and held the bat with the other. The drone was completely black, and it would've merged perfectly with the dark night if not for the faint red light. I rummaged through the debris and found an SD card. I wondered if the owner of the drone could still see my face, but I raised a middle finger at the broken camera lens anyway. After cleaning up the mess and putting the pieces in the bag, I twirled the SD card in my