Chapter 21: Trained

Sharon ran towards the moving train and the chasing men followed. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She tripped and fell down but quickly got back up and continued running.

The train was starting to get faster and she ran even harder. She was inches away from the railings at the rear of the train and took a desperate and literal leap of faith. She caught hold of the railing and pulled herself onto the back of the train.

The train left the station and her pursuers behind to her relief. She sat down on the back of the train to catch her breath.

After a minute, she went into the train and took a seat. She needed to keep a low profile because you couldn't be on the train without a boarding pass and she didn't have one.

She needed to figure out where the train was headed but she couldn't ask the attendants or the passengers because that would reveal that she stowed away on the train and get her into some legal trouble.

The only thing she could do was wait until the train came to a refill stop. Eventually, the train would be brought to a temporary stop and she would be able to find a way to get to Boulder and out of the country.

At night, Sharon had a lot of difficulty sleeping. She was having horrible nightmares about Addicus killing Martha and Lily, and she just couldn't fall asleep. The images she saw in her head were... Terrifying.

Morning arrived and the conductor of the train announced that they would soon be arriving at their final destination, Wallace Village.

The village was halfway between Denver and Boulder. Sharon would have to get off the train there and board a new one going to Boulder.

The train stopped and she got off. She went to buy a ticket and waited until it was time to depart. She got on the train and it started moving forward to Boulder.

Sharon was now more relaxed. She had evaded being caught or worse, killed by Addicus' men, and now was on her way to freedom.

A few hours after the train started moving, Sharon was in a state of shock and terror when she saw the same three men who were chasing her in Denver on the train.

*How did they catch up to her and board the train?* She wondered.

But, that didn't matter. What mattered now was to find a way off the moving train and avoid being caught by them.

The men noticed her sitting by a window seat. They walked over to her like normal passengers so no one paid them any mind. Sharon had nowhere to run so she didn't even bother to.

She thought with her head this time. There was no way these men would try to harm or apprehend her in a moving train so she stayed put. They arrived at her seat and sat next to her. One of the men was JJ; **Addicus' most trusted bodyguard.**

"There's nowhere left to run, Miss. I strongly suggest that you stop running and come with us," he said to her.

"I'm not going back to him. I'd rather die than go back to that monster," she said defiantly.

**JJ sighed in frustration. If she wouldn't come quietly, he'd have to go with plan B, Kill her.

"The boss has given us clear orders to bring you back to him, one way or the other, dead or alive. Now I don't have a problem with killing you, I already did that to your chef and bestie and I wouldn't mind doing it to you but l don't want to so don't give me a reason to."

"You were the one who killed Martha and Lily"? Sharon asked, hate and anger already overpowering her reasoning.

"The Boss was the one who gave the order, but technically, I did the killing, so don't test my patience because l don't have any," JJ said coldly.

In anger, Sharon picked up a wine bottle from the attendant's food cart and smashed it on JJ's head. He fell to the floor and she used the broken piece of the bottle to stab one of the other men directly in his neck.

He screamed in pain and fell, bleeding to his death. The last man tried to stab her with his knife but she grabbed his hand and disarmed him.

She ran the knife through his skull and he died instantly. She turned to face JJ who was still reeling from the hit. She pinned him to the floor by sitting on him and stabbed him multiple times in his chest.

Blood splattered all over Sharon's face as she stabbed him and she screamed in satisfaction.

"So, let's just have a quiet, uneventful train ride to Boulder and from there, we'll head back to Denver. Agreed?" JJ asked Sharon.

**She had imagined the whole thing. That was how much rage she felt but unfortunately, she didn't have the physical ability to make her daydream a reality. It was time to think more realistically.

About ten minutes later, Sharon got up from her seat.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?" JJ asked angrily.

"I just need to use the restroom. Is that a problem?" She raised a brow at him.

"No, it's not a problem. Just be quick about it," JJ replied.

Sharon moved towards the restroom and went inside.

"Keep an eye on her," JJ ordered one of his accomplices and the thug stood a few yards away from the restroom door.

Suddenly, Sharon burst out of the restroom and ran towards the back of the train.

"She's on the move!" The thug announced and all three of them chased after her.

Sharon ran, bursting through the doors connecting the cars until she got to the caboose. The men caught up to her and pulled out their knives.

"Nowhere left to run," JJ said.

**And in the blink of an eye, Sharon leapt off the train.