Chosen Path: An International Thriller by Glen Robins

Author:Glen Robins [Robins, Glen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2021-06-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Procuraduria General de la Republica, Tecate, Mexico

June 5, 9:51 p.m.

The sharp report of a club banging against the metal bars erupted, pulling Yong Byun back into the moment. Voices barked out commands. The kicking stopped. The men around him froze. Keys jangled and the bars of the jail cell rattled as the door slid open. Angry shouts of authoritative voices echoed against the cinder block walls and the concrete floor, just inches from his ear.

The startling noises were the sounds of salvation.

“Get back. Let me through.” There were several voices, each calling out similar orders. “Get back, I say. Make room.”

A strong hand pulled on his shoulder, rolling him onto his back. Yong Byun opened his eyes to see the concerned face of a uniformed officer who knelt over him, checking his eyes as he held Yong Byun’s jaw. Three other officers pushed the crowd away. A sea of demonic, grungy faces peered at him through squinted eyes.

A wave of relief flooded Yong Byun’s mind and body as the man said, “Come on, hurry. Get up. You’re coming with us.”

Yong Byun didn’t care who this new officer was or where he was taking him. He just wanted out of this hellhole. Things had not gone well during his short stay in the Tecate prison, and he knew they would have gotten much worse had these guards not shown up.

Two of the officers pulled him to his feet and steadied him while the others continued to hold back the angry mob. The evil intent in these men’s eyes gave him the shivers. His imagination was conjuring up increasingly frightening scenarios, one after another. Hard as it was to envision, he felt it was only a matter of time before he was forced into far worse punishment than what he had just received. Staggering, he gladly obeyed the man who had pulled him out of the crowd. The cell door clanged shut behind him as one officer led the way, and another pushed him from behind.

The shouting continued. His cellmates complaining and the guards rebuking. Yong Byun’s head felt like it was full of rice, heavy and thick and discombobulated. A coppery taste stung the insides of his mouth. He coughed out his own blood onto the sleeve of his shirt, which was already wet. The stink of it made him queasy.

Jeers and catcalls abounded as he was led away. Every derisive and foul Spanish insult Yong Byun knew assailed him. He guessed that the words he didn’t know were equally as abusive.

Even in his darkest imagination, Yong Byun had never pictured spending time in a place so horrific and so full of the depraved. The smell alone had almost been enough to make him vomit. And the body cavity search conducted by the jailhouse staff as he was booked on charges he didn’t understand was a level of humiliation he had never before endured.

His first experience being arrested was a new low for him. But things only went downhill from there.

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