I went away from the shop that afternoon. It was like usual, just another busy Saturday. I slipped away from the shop with Uncle Leon. I had to carry his luggage since he lost his leg and can’t carry it himself. We took a long time getting to the bus stop. It was planning out well when suddenly I met a bully from my school called Robin.
“Hey Kieffer, what are you doing in this busy street? Trying to runaway?”
I had to think fast so that Robin doesn’t know what we’re going to do.
“Hey Robin,” I said trying to act friendly. “I was just accompanying him to get to an NEZ. He can’t carry his own luggage, so I’m helping him.”
“Oh, okay. Whatever dude. Just don’t try to cause trouble. I’m on your tails.”
“Will do,” I replied as I quickly poked at Uncle Leon to go as he was talking to one of his friends.
We walked again and Uncle Leon sprung a question.
“Who was that kid?
“No one, just a friend asking what I’m doing. I had to lie though so that we wouldn’t get found out.”
“Okay…”
After hours walking to the bus station, we finally reached it. The first thing Uncle Leon did after getting on the bus was go to sleep. He was tired, but he never complained about a single thing. He was a tough guy. I can’t sleep. I was spending too much time worrying about what Robin would do. He saw me just now and he might immediately call the authorities if they found us missing and not only that his father has connections to the government.
I found myself fast asleep during the trip after some time and the next thing I knew was that Uncle Leon was trying to wake me up.
“Hey! Wake up! We’re here already!”
“What? We’ve arrived?”
“Yes, let’s get down from the bus and go to the meeting place.”
We went down the bus and started walking again to the bus station. There, we saw my sister Cassey and Sun Ni my grandmother who are unpacking things. They are sitting on a table. Moments later another bus came, where my father, mother, and little sister Canney came down from. We were finally at Rach Gia. My father set out to find some small lodging houses that we could stay in and rest. He said the next day we would go find information about grandfather.
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