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Chapter 16 - She is not my wife

Otis heard the door open. He looked out the window and saw the Biomed soldiers entering. Otis looked at his clothes and knew that if they saw him, they would know that he was not from the neighborhood. He opened the closet and found nothing in it. The voices of the Biomed men were approaching the room. While Otis was in high tension, he found a suitcase. He opened it and found men's clothes in it. He took it, opened the window and jumped. But before he jumped, he tried to lock it so that they would not suspect him. While he was trying to lock it and his hand was hanging on the corner of the window, he slipped and fell out of the window. Luckily, he fell into the grass. He took the clothes and ran away between the houses. He started avoiding people and hiding behind the houses. He saw a place for an outdoor bathroom. He quickly went and entered it. He started changing his clothes quickly. He was scared and trembling. Otis changed his clothes and for a moment he realized that he was scared beyond measure and said to himself in surprise "Why am I so scared?" He raised his hand and saw it shaking. He did not know why. But he didn't think about it much. He washed his old clothes from any blood, cut them and threw them in the trash inside the bathrooms and got out of the public toilet. He started looking from afar at the house he was in. And how the Biomed forces planted the explosives. And in a moment he saw a person in a different clothing from the soldiers as if he was their leader. Otis looked closely at the person and found that it was Ryan. He said to himself "What is the possibility of this happening?" Ryan was talking to the soldiers and turned from Otis. His eyes fell on Otis's eyes. The moment was shocking to Ryan. The two of them had their eyes on each other. It was as if Ryan had seen the Angel of Death. Otis stared at Ryan for a while and walked behind an alley between the houses. Ryan ordered the soldiers to blow up the place while he was absent and Ryan followed Otis. Otis started walking quickly. Ryan too, as he was trying to catch him but without attracting attention. Otis entered the alley and Ryan followed him. Ryan entered the alley and stood staring at him. Ryan dragged him towards him. Otis thought he was going to hug him but Ryan pushed him to the ground and said to him "What are you doing here you idiot?" Otis said to him while he was in shock lying on the ground not knowing what to do "Is this how you treat a friend you haven't met in two years?" Ryan said to him in an angry tone and pointed his gun at him "I told you to go and leave me alone. I found my family and my daughter. I gave you a chance and I can't give you more" Otis said to him in a sad tone "Is this how you treat me after all the days we spent together? We slept in the same cabin with old Leo. We escaped with him from Biomed and we were like brothers" Otis caught his breath and said to him while screaming "I even named my son after you you traitorous bastard" Ryan said to him in an angry tone "All this time I was looking for my family Biomed provided me with everything and she didn't lie to me . You brought me my family. I searched everywhere for them and they gave us the best life" Otis said to him in an angry tone "Biomed" He started laughing "Biomed will do anything to destroy you and control you emotionally you stupid uneducated person. How do you know that they brainwashed you and made you believe that they are your family" He continued laughing and Otis's face showed an expression of despair and devastation Ryan lowered his gun and started staring at Otis Otis said to him "Come on, try to remember what your wife or daughter looked like before the disaster happened and compare it to what you have now" Ryan thought for a while. He closed his eyes and tried to remember but all he remembered was that his wife and daughter's faces were blurry. Otis said to him "Think about it and come back here in the alley tomorrow" Ryan said to him angrily "I better not see you here tomorrow" Ryan put his gun in his pocket and walked away. Otis got up from his place and went into the darkness of the alley..... Ryan returned to the abandoned house and saw that the soldiers had demolished it. He said to them "You did a good job. Your work is done for today. Go home" One of the soldiers said in surprise "But it's still early in the morning" Ryan said angrily "I give orders, not opinions" Ryan got into his car and headed home thinking about what Otis said and remembering his time with Biomed on forging things. He wondered how he couldn't remember anything about his wife and daughter before the disaster began. Ryan arrived home, got out of the car and entered the house. He saw his wife waiting for him and she said to him with surprise "You're here early, aren't you?" He said to her yes I am just for you and kissed her but when he kissed her on her neck. But for a moment he remembered everything after he saw and knew that his wife doesn't like him to kiss her on her neck because of the rash she had on her neck. But his wife doesn't have any rash.....to be continued.....

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