No Place Is Safe

For the first time in two lives, I felt that I had more than enough supplies to just move into the mountain cabin and that I didn't need anything more. Letting out a long sigh, I huddled deeper into Wang Chao's arms, wondering if it was too late for us to just turn around and leave.

 

"Show us your hands," growled the man in the front, his automatic rifle up and ready to shoot.

 

"Not going to happen," sighed Chen Zi Han, and I could feel that he was more than a little done with everyone, too. "You are going to let us in, find any furniture our woman wants, and then we are going to turn around and leave."

 

"I can do without the shopping," I called out. "Can we just go?"

 

"Sure," said the very reasonable leader. "As long as you give us your trucks and bikes." Okay, so maybe he wasn't as reasonable as I originally thought he was.