"Maybe I'll have you watch." The man wielding the knife spoke to Henry as he pointed the tip of the blade in my direction. But as Henry seemed to accept this fate, I was not as steadfast in accepting failure, but I would not allow them to know this. Even if I was absent the skills needed to disarm them myself, I had no interest in being a headline in the morning.
I assessed the space around me as I determined the sand would make it impossible to outrun them and trying for the blade itself would be foolish. Therefore, I felt as though I had only one option.
As I obliged, in their eyes, slowly pulling the backings of each earring free until they left the lobes of my ears naked, I let out a desperate scream as I had hoped that this would be enough to frighten them away. But instead, they
