The Protector

“What are you doing tiptoeing around?” When she was about to move forward, someone boomed from behind, shocking her.

She turned around and saw a few guards boring their eyes into her. “Don’t take this the wrong way. I’m Margaret, a reporter. Here’s my ID.” She quickly handed her ID over for confirmation. “I want to interview the leader in there for a bit,” she told them what she had in mind.

“No. He doesn’t accept any interviews. Everything they talk about is top secret, so please leave.” She was chased out of the backstage abruptly. It wasn’t easy for her to meet Mr. Garrison, so she wouldn’t give up now.

“We should leave now, Margaret. Everyone else has already left,” her partner urged.

“You guys go ahead. I’ll wait for him at the passage.” Margaret came to the hall’s secret passage. Few people knew about this, for this was exclusively for leaders. Even so, Margaret easily found it and waited here.

leave via this passage, so she would take the chance to interview him then. Margaret staked out at this place, but she almost fell asleep after waiting for god knew how long. Unbeknownst

sofa. Margaret thought he would come out in the end, so she waited until dusk, but still he didn’t appear. “I can’t give up! This chance is too important for me,” she

left from the front gate, since he didn’t know where the secret passage

the secret passage, and Margaret’s legs were already numb. She quickly went

He left a long while ago,” the

I’ve been

left through

 I’ve been waiting at the wrong spot all this while!? It’s alright, I have no regrets. I’d

after going back, and she felt angry. “Oh yeah, I can vent this on Levi.” She fished out her phone and punched in