13. Break

By the time Terry woke up, it was already morning, and a drop of sunlight, through the crack of the curtain by the window, fell silently onto Terry's holy face. He glanced at the ticking clock and suddenly saw that it was already past seven in the morning, but Louis still hadn't returned.

Terry's heart was a little worried about why Louis came back so late today. Unknowingly, he remembered the first day he stayed here. At that time, Louis was beaten until his face was bruised. Could it be...

Thinking of that, Terry immediately sat up and stroked his hair, then opened the door to look outside. There were shoes on the front steps of the other motel rooms, indicating that all of Louis's colleagues had returned, which made Terry a little worried.

Terry sat there for a while, staring at the rust-strewn iron gate, waiting for Louis, but he never showed up. The clock made a "ding dong" sound, signalling it was half past seven. So Terry immediately closed the door and went to the bathroom to