Mummy, i didn’t Run Away: The Unwanted Child
The compound was quiet, too quiet and too big.
We walked to the front door and knocked. The moment the heavy wooden door opened for us to step inside the house, that was when we saw them.
The Arabic men were standing right there in the wide hallway, holding the dogs. Four dogs. Proper big guard dogs, heavy, spit coming out from their mouths, broad chests, red eyes. One was a thick Caucasian Shepherd, one was a scarred Doberman, one was a heavy Rottweiler, and one was a massive Boerboel fighting hard against their thick leather leashes. They started barking all at once, a deep, loud noise that made the floor shake under our shoes. We jumped backward immediately, holding our bags tight to our