Chapter 7

Elena pov

The sound is coming from my right and I peek behind the bushes I'm hiding behind, ready to run if I have to.

Turning my head I look for the easiest way to escape from here and where it could be a safe place to hide.

I often try to avoid running right into gardens and between houses but it has happened that I need to escape through them.

It has happened more than once that I have been forced to run for my life with men chasing me. A couple of times I believe they were going to rob me and one other time two men sneaked up on me while I was sleeping on a bench. I didn't notice them before it was too late and they jumped me.

One was holding my hands over my head to the bench when the other started to try and get my pants down.

I was scared to my core and it was obvious what they had in mind to do. There was no point in trying to beg!

I have already learned that lesson and I don't know where I got the courage from to start screaming and when the one holding my hands covered my mo