"Where is she?" asked one of them. Those five men were still scouting me, searching through any spot they thought was my hiding. I sneaked into a bush behind a big tree, a bit far from them. I could still catch their voices though. Sheltering in the dark, I had to bear the sting of mosquitoes and pinched my nose due to the bad smell of rubbish in the bins just near me. Those men cut through the shrubs, ran here and there, and cursed every time they found nothing but the tiny night creatures.

"She may be hiding in that old building," yelled one of them while pointing to...