Sand Town

My eyes went wide, and my ears rang wildly.

Someone was dead.

The female owner I had planned to spend the night with was a murderer.

The instant she fired, she didn’t even blink.

She aimed the gun at my head again, and by then, the barrel had turned scorching hot.

I couldn’t breathe.

In my world, only the pounding thud of my heartbeat remained…

“Have you calmed down?”

Seeing that I didn’t scream or run away in panic, the female owner put away the shotgun and poured me a glass of strong liquor.

She downed a glass herself, smacked her lips, and said,