CHAPTER 44

I stopped in my tracks and turned back to the man. I narrowed my eyes in confusion as to what the hell he meant by I 'turned out to be an incredible woman'? Where did he know me from? 'Do you know me?' I asked as I got closer to him. 'Emma, you need to go, now. Get out of here!' He fired two shots into the air. I covered my ears, turned on my heels again and ran. I ran. I ran and I never looked back. I couldn't help but feel something within me, something strange and common, like a magnet was drawing me in but shielded off because of the situation they had put me through. I ran and thanked God for saving my life and my baby's, and for Cee who didn't pull the trigger. But why?  What stopped him? Judging from the looks of those guys and the drugs they were dealing, I was certain they had killed people before without any remorse. So why did he stop from shooting me? I kept running straight ahead. I was exhausted and afraid of running into more drug dealers, or a dangerous animal, or