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I
was
being
herded
.
I
paused
for
only
a
second
,
but
it
felt
like
a
very
long
time
.
I
turned
then
and
darted
to
the
other
side
of
the
road
.
I
had
a
sinking
feeling
that
it
was
a
wasted
attempt
.
The
footsteps
behind
me
were
louder
now
.
"
There
you
are
!
"
The
booming
voice
of
the
stocky
,
dark
-
haired
man
shattered
the
intense
quiet
and
made
me
jump
.
In
the
gathering
darkness
,
it
seemed
like
he
was
looking
past
me
.
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"
Yeah
,
"
a
voice
called
loudly
from
behind
me
,
making
me
jump
again
as
I
tried
to
hurry
down
the
street
.
"
We
just
took
a
little
detour
.
"
My
steps
had
to
slow
now
.
I
was
closing
the
distance
between
myself
and
the
lounging
pair
too
quickly
.
I
had
a
good
loud
scream
,
and
I
sucked
in
air
,
preparing
to
use
it
,
but
my
throat
was
so
dry
I
wasn
’
t
sure
how
much
volume
I
could
manage
.
With
a
quick
movement
I
slipped
my
purse
over
my
head
,
gripping
the
strap
with
one
hand
,
ready
to
surrender
it
or
use
it
as
weapon
as
need
demanded
.
The
thickset
man
shrugged
away
from
the
wall
as
I
warily
came
to
a
stop
,
and
walked
slowly
into
the
street
.
"
Stay
away
from
me
,
"
I
warned
in
a
voice
that
was
supposed
to
sound
strong
and
fearless
.
But
I
was
right
about
the
dry
throat
-
no
volume
.
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"
Don
’
t
be
like
that
,
sugar
,
"
he
called
,
and
the
raucous
laughter
started
again
behind
me
.
I
braced
myself
,
feet
apart
,
trying
to
remember
through
my
panic
what
little
self
-
defense
I
knew
.
Heel
of
the
hand
thrust
upward
,
hopefully
breaking
the
nose
or
shoving
it
into
the
brain
.
Finger
through
the
eye
socket
-
try
to
hook
around
and
pop
the
eye
out
.
And
the
standard
knee
to
the
groin
,
of
course
.
That
same
pessimistic
voice
in
my
mind
spoke
up
then
,
reminding
me
that
I
probably
wouldn
’
t
have
a
chance
against
one
of
them
,
and
there
were
four
.
Shut
up
!
I
commanded
the
voice
before
terror
could
incapacitate
me
.
I
wasn
’
t
going
out
without
taking
someone
with
me
.
I
tried
to
swallow
so
I
could
build
up
a
decent
scream
.
Headlights
suddenly
flew
around
the
corner
,
the
car
almost
hitting
the
stocky
one
,
forcing
him
to
jump
back
toward
the
sidewalk
.
I
dove
into
the
road
-
this
car
was
going
to
stop
,
or
have
to
hit
me
.
But
the
silver
car
unexpectedly
fishtailed
around
,
skidding
to
a
stop
with
the
passenger
door
open
just
a
few
feet
from
me
.