The foreigners

The burly thug grunted in response, his eyes scanning the living room. He inspected the traveling bags, his movements methodical and unhurried. When he saw the passports in the bag, he paused, a slow smile spreading across his face. “Looks like we found our friends.” in spanish

In the bedroom, the group tensed. Nick could feel the panic in Jessica’s loud breathing, and the fear in Bryce’s trembling hands. Hans tightened his grip on the candlestick, his knuckles white with the effort.



Suddenly they heard it: the unmistakable sound of heavy footsteps coming closer. Each step seemed to echo ominously, the slow, deliberate pace suggesting the intruder was searching, listening and closing in on them, the adrenaline making them tremble at their hiding spots.



Jessica’s hand flew to her mouth to stifle a gasp, her heart pounding so loudly she feared it might give them away, Hans grip tightened on the candlestick.



The footsteps paused just outside the door, the silence almost unbearable. The friends held their breath, every muscle tensed, as the door knob slowly turned with an agonizing creak. A sliver of light from the hallway spilled into the room, growing wider as the door inched open.



Time seemed to stretch out, each second dragging but with excruciating slowness , the thug’s silhouette appeared appeared in the doorway, a huge mexican thug with with a scar running down his cheek and a sleeve tattoo backlit by moonlight, he stood there for a moment, surveying the room, his eyes cold and calculating. He turns around to walk away that was when the cupboard creaked, which prompts him to cautiously turn around and cock his gun, they could hear the thugs heavy footstep drawing nearer, stopping in front of the cupboard, the silence was almost unbearable, the anticipation excruciating Jessica squeezed her eyes shut as the thug opened the cupboard, for a brief, horrifying moment, Nick who was at the forefront of the cupboard eyes met with the menacing figure of the thug, his heart seemed to stop, the thug proceeds to shoot him