4 Mothers Stolen Jewellery (1/2)

Li Xiuying felt the adrenaline coursing through her veins. Her senses were on overdrive. She could hear her own rapid heart beat. Her airways expanded, pupils dilated and her mind rapidly processed millions of stimuli.

Li Xiuying wasn't even aware that her once lifeless eyes where sparkling with vitality.

She couldn't slow down. She couldn't afford to be seen. This may be her only chance to get away.

The fence was now only two meters in front of her. She dived into the rose bushes anterior to the fence. She was sprawled out on her stomach in the soil trying to catch her breath.

Li Xiuying looked towards the house and froze.

She saw two male figures dressed in black suits at the entrance to the back garden.

'Who are they? What are they doing here right now?!'

Suit 1 started walking towards her whilst Suit 2 started walking in the opposite direction.

Li Xiuying didn't dare to move. She was concentrating on the man walking towards her location.

The man in the black suit was quickly eating up the ground with his steps. He was getting closer and closer to where she was hiding.

He seemed to be looking around on the ground as he was walking.

Li Xiuying questioned 'What is he looking for? Could it be that she left obvious foot prints in the grass?'

The man paused a mere five meters in front of her.

Li Xiuying's heart rate was rapidly increasing.

Li Xiuying started panicking internally: 'He's looking straight at me! What should I do? I should have waited until it was dark out!'

Despair marred Li Xiuying's face.

Her family had never cared about her whereabouts before. She could go days even weeks without seeing anyone one of them. Her uncle would only email her the daily surgery list. Otherwise they would only seek her out when they had a use for her.

LI Xiuying had a sudden realization: 'Wait! They couldn't be looking for me. I left my phone in my room. And they don't care about me at all so why would I suddenly rise in importance to them today?'