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had confidential files but before he had the chance, George called
out, “Yes I quit! Yes I did go and work for the enemy!” They both
grabbed their guns and started shooting ferociously at one another.
John thought to himself about how he had to leave his family and go
undercover. He never thought that it may have been the last time
he saw them today. He thought of his children’s faces peering up at
him sadly and him telling them not to worry. He would be home
soon. As he thought this to himself he realised that he couldn’t give
up; he had to make it home. He pulled himself up off the concrete
and started to fight for his life. Finally, after ten minutes (which felt
more like hours) George fell onto the ground pleading for his life.
John was not the man to kill someone just because they may have
done so to him, so John called the police and fled.
John sprinted as fast as he could back to his car. He placed his
bloody arms across the steering wheel and rested his sweaty head
on his arms. He made some phone calls, the first to his family telling
them he would be home soon, and another to Simon, who was his
recent work partner to explain what had taken place.
When John arrived home he was in two different states of mind.
He couldn’t completely focus on one thing and when he did he took
a lifetime to do so. His wife Anne picked up on this and sat him
down to talk once the children had gone to bed. They spoke all
night with many tears shed. He told her that his family was not safe
around him and that they had to move to the country. The next
morning when his children woke they expected to find their father
in the living room; instead they found their mother in tears on the
couch. The mother explained to them that they would not see their
father for many years to come; he had left them for safety reasons
but would return some day.
There was a knock on the door and a little boy ran and opened it. All of a
sudden the child leapt into the man’s arms and gave him the biggest hug. He
started to cry…
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