It was significantly quiet up here.
The sound of the heavy traffic was a distant echo.
I took in a deep breath, letting in all the fresh air after remaining packed in that small car for so long. It rushed in and seemed to relieve some amount of tension that I felt.
Taking my hand firmly in his he guided me around the dusty terrace of the run-down apartment building. My eyes hadn’t properly adjusted to the darkness till now and there wasn’t a single source of light to help me maneuver around this place myself.
A second or so later I could make out the iron rods and some water pipes laid in front of us which we easily skimmed past by taking a left and then almost instantly after he jerked me to follow him towards the right.
I looked back to see some old furniture had been abandoned there as the state revealed it to be a few years old worth. He continuously guided me through the heaps of discarded items left by their previous owners until we reached the edge of the terrace.