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Essay About Moving Away

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I had never wanted to live the life I was born into, but after fifteen years and a turning point in my existence, I wanted to escape more than ever. Who could have imagined that a few days on the road could change so much… Certainly not me. When I think back to it now, although what I did was horrible, I wouldn’t change a thing. I’ve been running for ten years now, running from the dreadful life I was so desperate to escape from. If I stopped, I would be filled with terror thinking they may catch me. And I’m sure you’re wondering what could scare someone like me so easily… Well my answer will be told through the next few pages. This is the story of what made me escape. I spent my whole life wanting, needing, to be free. But I never imagined that I would actually do it, I had never had a liable reason… At least until Lawerence. …show more content…

All I had to do, grab the girl and run. As I approached the off-white door to her apartment, exactly the same as every other in the seemingly mirrored halls, I observed my surroundings. The dim lights evenly spaced on the tattered white ceiling, the pale green walls with chips of paint forming near the trims, the grayish floor was the only clean part, so much so I see the outline of my reflection under my feet. We were almost to the door when my mind began to race, I kept replaying what I thought would happen over and over again. But my expectation proved to be far from reality. Gústöv and I arrived at the doorway, I ordered him to bust open the door (which after a matter of seconds fell flat on the floor with a crack). We rushed into the apartment, guns at hand, to find a guy with his hands up begging us not to shoot. I personally would have left him alive, but Gústöv had to do his part (“eliminate” any and all witnesses). From our view Ellie was nowhere to be seen, until she peeked out from behind the bathroom door. * *

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