THE NIGHT THEY ALMOST TOOK US
THE NIGHT THEY ALMOST TOOK US Episode 5
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Episode 5: Morning After the Nightmare I didn’t sleep that night. Even though we were safe inside the village compound, my mind refused to rest. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the same thing again. The man standing in the road. The gun pointed at us. The sound of the shot. And the
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Episode 4: The Village Light The light we saw in the distance looked small at first. Just a faint yellow glow beyond the forest. But to us, it felt like hope itself. Adaeze squeezed my hand. “Chinedu… please tell me that is a village.” “It should be.” Her voice was weak now. “I don’t think
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Episode 3: Running into the Dark The moment I said “we run,” Adaeze looked at me like she couldn’t believe what she had just heard. “Run… where?” “Inside the bush.” Her voice trembled. “Chinedu… there could be snakes… or something…” Behind us, the headlights of the Sienna appeared again at the bend. They were coming
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Episode 2: The Gunshot The moment I pressed the accelerator, everything happened at once. The Lexus surged forward like an animal released from a cage. Then I heard it. BANG! The gunshot exploded behind us. Adaeze screamed. “JESUS!” My ears rang for a second. I didn’t know if the bullet hit the car or not.
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THE NIGHT THEY ALMOST TOOK US
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Episode 1: The Drive to UNEC The day I bought my Lexus RX 350, I felt like life was finally beginning to cooperate with me. It wasn’t brand new, but to me it might as well have been fresh from the factory. The leather seats still had that soft smell, the engine purred like a
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