Rescued

Riley glanced around nervously, not knowing where to tend to as she held tightly onto her phone. Vibration from the phone drew her attention to it. She glanced at the screen and it was a call from her Uncle. She hastily answered with a shaky voice.

"Uncle?" she cried.

"Where are you now Riley?" came Lian's voice worriedly from the phone.

"I'm...."

Pop...! pop...! pop...! a loud sound of a gunshot interrupted. At that moment, Riley's phone binged low battery and went dead.

"Oh, shit.." she mumbled.

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Lian was halfway through his drive to Natton Street when he decided to give Riley a call to be sure of the location and also her safety. She answered the call after a short ring, making Lian ease down a bit. The background of the call wasn't quite clear but he could still hear her. They were