No Safe Place (2011)
No Safe Place
“Abdul heard hard banging and the sound of the front door being smashed in.
His head thick with sleep, he tried to jump to his feet, but the soldiers were already upon him. They swarmed into the front room that was now his bedroom, ripped him off the mat and shone a flashlight in his face, blinding him.
“Don’t move!”
“Show us where the weapons are!”
“Who are you hiding here?”
“You asked those same questions the last time you broke our door,” Abdul said, in English because he k...new the Americans didn’t understand Arabic. He heard the cries of the small children and the screams of the women from deeper inside the house.
“It’s all women back here!”
“Where are the men?”
A soldier pulled Abdul up into a sitting position and got right close to his face.
“Where are they?”MoreLess
His head thick with sleep, he tried to jump to his feet, but the soldiers were already upon him. They swarmed into the front room that was now his bedroom, ripped him off the mat and shone a flashlight in his face, blinding him.
“Don’t move!”
“Show us where the weapons are!”
“Who are you hiding here?”
“You asked those same questions the last time you broke our door,” Abdul said, in English because he k...new the Americans didn’t understand Arabic. He heard the cries of the small children and the screams of the women from deeper inside the house.
“It’s all women back here!”
“Where are the men?”
A soldier pulled Abdul up into a sitting position and got right close to his face.
“Where are they?”MoreLess
Read book No Safe Place for free
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
9 / 10
User Reviews: