Irene
'Never look back', whispered the voice inside my head as I ran as fast as my weak and tired legs could carry me.
The cold wind lashed violently against my bare cheeks but I didn't stop.
I couldn't stop.
I shouldn't.
I had to keep moving on to keep us safe, me and my baby.
I ran and ran till I was out of breath...till I had to stop.
I looked back and smiled.
They're gone.
I shifted the baby to my left arm and reached inside my jacket pocket for the crumpled piece of paper that held my future...our future.
I had some money in my purse to last us a few days but we didn't have a place to stay.
I thought and thought but couldn't think of anything.
I had no one, no one but the baby, MY baby.
I was hungry and cold, the jacket was barely enough to keep us warm.
Then suddenly, I remembered. I rushed to the nearest subway and bought a ticket with the precious cents which I'd managed to save.
It's been three days since I've been here. This place migh…
The cold wind lashed violently against my bare cheeks but I didn't stop.
I couldn't stop.
I shouldn't.
I had to keep moving on to keep us safe, me and my baby.
I ran and ran till I was out of breath...till I had to stop.
I looked back and smiled.
They're gone.
I shifted the baby to my left arm and reached inside my jacket pocket for the crumpled piece of paper that held my future...our future.
I had some money in my purse to last us a few days but we didn't have a place to stay.
I thought and thought but couldn't think of anything.
I had no one, no one but the baby, MY baby.
I was hungry and cold, the jacket was barely enough to keep us warm.
Then suddenly, I remembered. I rushed to the nearest subway and bought a ticket with the precious cents which I'd managed to save.
It's been three days since I've been here. This place migh…