Chapter 81: Losing Hope
Talia was stunned seeing the firearm resting beneath her feet. At the same time another round of shots were fired at her and Talia dodged it and picked the gun on the floor and ran towards the fire exit and hid from the glass windows and the cameras.
There seemed to be snipers in almost every building on the South side. The first sniper was in the building in the South West corner of the Olympics building and this one is in the South East. There could be more than two, she figured.
The South East building seemed to be closed for renovation and it is higher than the building she is in. She’d be in danger no matter how many floors she climbs up, or down.
Talia blamed her stupidity for not investigating properly about the closed building behind thr Olympics Building and about the march through the streets before even coming here. She did a cursory check and those two details didn’t come up and so she came here without much preparations.
She knew if she go up, she won’t have a way to escape. Her only option now is to go down. But there is a riot down there and she didn’t know how many are waiting for her there. And those bodyguards following her were not in sight. They might be gone.
Talia felt the cold metal in her hand and looking at her hand holding the gun so skillfully, she felt her scalp go numb and a shiver passed from her scalp through her spine and to her feet making her knees weak.
Who knew holding a gun is like riding a bike?
She never was scared of guns. She knew everything about them and knew how to handle them exceedingly well. Seeing her interest in guns, her grandfather even built an indoor gun range for her in their property to practice.
She always had a gun with her and a lot of times that gun had saved her life. She always considered that gun her ally. Something she can rely on.
But after that incident with Cyrus, after she was forced to do something against her will, this tool she thought of her ally became her burden.
It felt like she was holding a ton in her hand. Her hand felt so heavy that it would fall off.