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May 2, 2023
By Anonymous

running:run:escape

where is he? why is everyone screaming?

i love going to the movies, that's why my boyfriend decided it would be a great place to spend our 6 month anniversary. 

we get there 10 minutes early to pick out our favorite snacks.

with popcorn so doused in butter, I don’t even think it’s edible, we make our way to the showroom.

after about 10 minutes of movie ads, I hear people scream.

10 shots. 10 seconds later the door opened, 10 more shots.

too dark to see much, i run out to hide.

three years later, the surveillance showed everyone what happened.

it was too late. I got out and he didn't. It was too late.


The author's comments:

With lines from “Tracked and Traced” by David Leins and Eleanore Catolico, A Pulitzer Center Reporting Project


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