Chapter 1
Standing in the lobby of the bank with a gun pointed at my forehead…I realize how boring and plain a life I have been living. I want to do so many things, like travel the world, open my own book café, fall in love, and get married… like I said, so many things… but realizing I might not be able to do any of these things is making my insides churn with panic. I guess this is what you think when death is right at your doorstep: think about all those things you want to achieve but haven’t been able to. This is not how I imagined my day would go when I was getting dressed this morning, with the excitement of receiving my first salary as an employee of a small diner. It’s not a big restaurant with too many employees, but still, the owner and my best friend, Miya, insisted on putting my salary in my bank account. Since it was her first month and sales weren’t great, she had to pay with her savings. But when I went to the nearest ATM to withdraw cash… that thing wasn’t working, and this bank was only a few blocks away from that machine, so I decided to withdraw money from the bank, but it seems like the universe doesn’t want me to peacefully enjoy my salary because THE BANK IS BEING ROBBED!!! Yes, you heard it right… Three super huge men just stormed in with guns and barked at everyone to get down, but my fight-flight-freeze response kicked in, and guess what… Freeze freaking won… I am frozen in place as this large man, who is hiding behind a mask, shouts at me, “Put your head down, woman, or I will put a bullet in this your pretty little head of yours.” "I am counting till three…” He started counting, “1...2...” He didn’t even finish his sentence when the gunfire rang in my ears.
