FIFTY SEVEN

FIFTY SEVEN

ANDRES

I heard the shot; one minute there was total darkness and the next one singular shot rang out, stopping me in my tracks before I sped again in one direction.

Catherina

I charged into the room just as soon as the light fluttered on; her mamma was hovered over a bleeding Audrey but Catherina was nowhere in sight.

“Catherina” I began

The woman shook her head, tears streaming down her face as she cupped her daughter’s face. I could see that she had been shot in the stomach and her breathing was labored but she was alive.

“Let me” I nudged the woman to the corner and carried Audrey, her eyes pinned on my face, unseeing

“You will be alright” I told her right before I began running in the direction of the doctor’s home.

Catherina, my head screamed.

My chest seized as I continued running with Audrey; as much as I wanted to dash out and begin looking for her, I needed to be rational and I did not think that when I found her she would ever be able to forgive me for letting he