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2021-07-09 18:59:59~Jake~
With a gun pressed on my back, the Russian who caught me kept pushing me forward through the forest. I tried to stand my ground when I stepped out of the car, but he didn’t come alone. Another man let his presence known, and I earned a busted lip, black eyes, a searing pain in my ribs, and they took the gun Jack handed to me. I broke a bone or two but I made sure that I’ll leave a mark on them as well.
As we reached a dimly-lit pathway, ending the painful stroll in the forest with my hands cuffed behind my back, I got a glimpse of a house that’s completely shielded with thick vegetation.
If my calculation is correct, the sun will be up in an hour or two and the authorities will arrive before that. I just hope that they’d find the disturbed path the three of us took from the car to this
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