SCRA Recruitment Centre

[Omi]

"Last question." he said in a threatening tone. "Answer correctly and you join the SCRA, answer incorrectly and you die." He let the words sink in before finally asking his question. "Are you a spy?"

Open-mouthed, Meiling stared at the commissar in shock. They thought she was a spy? She would have to be very convincing to prove beyond a doubt that she wasn't -

"No," she blurted out, panicking. "I'm not a spy, commissar!"
So much for being convincing. Having the gun pointed at her was making her jumpy.

She tried to utter a few more frantic denials, but all the words tried to come out at once and ended up stuck in her throat. Instead, she just shook her head vehemently.
In the silence that followed, Meiling tried very very hard not to look at the gun still aimed squarely at her. She hung her head, waiting for the bullet.

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