Page 61 - Thorn In The Heart

Chinh Nguyên

Nguyen has been walking in quiet toward the back door
while his heart was beating up in his chest. He held the door
handle, turned it slowly to open the door and tried to slide into
the house after he runs his eye on around the backyard.

"Oh...boy... What did you do over there at midnight?" The
hard and sharp voice echoed at Nguyen's backside in the
accidence by a guard.

Nguyen was jumped and turned back to look at him, while
he leaned his back on the door, held a door handle to hide his
shaking.

"I went to the restroom." In a low voice with a little afraid,
he said.

"Restroom was at South of the house. Why you had back
from North?"

"I was looking for Toto. Do you see him?"

"Who is Toto?"

"My dog."

"Oh... I do not see him."

"If you see Toto, please do not kill him...!"

"Why did you say this thing?"

"Because you were a stranger person. He will bite your leg."

"But I did not see your dog...!"

"Thanks, By..."

"By..." A guard walked few steps and stopped, turned and
looked at Nguyen while he opened the door and stepped into the
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