I ran as fast as my legs could carry me while trying to breathe in as much oxygen as possible and just as I was about to pause for a moment to take in some more, I heard the reason behind my late night sprinting. 

"Izumi, my darling, this is my town. There is nowhere you can run, that I won't find you", he said in a way that left no room for arguing. 

As if his voice wasn't enough to scare me, that statement alone shook me to my core and had me running again in no time. 

I ran to the junkyard, praying that by some miracle I could get him to lose me in between the chunks of metal and old tires so that I could exit without him knowing. 

I found a stack of crushed cars to hide behind and waited for him. I looked down at my shoes, covered in blood. 

How did it get to this? We just wanted a new place to start over. I could feel myself wanting to breaking down from the piled up stress and anxiety, I wished I could just close my eyes and it would all go away. 

No! You're on a mission Izumi, focus! 

"Izumi... are you there?" 

Huh? No way...is this real?