LET'S GO HOME

MIRANDA

I recalled how I had been slapped by the leader of the six guys and said, "The leader of the thugs. He hit me earlier."

"Bring the leader of the thugs out for me," Hazel instructed one of the officers. The guy whose hands had been cuffed was brought out of the police vehicle.

Hazel looked around and let go of my hand as he walked toward the bush track and picked up a stick. He stood in front of the thug and struck his cheek with the stick.

The guy cried out in pain and tried to turn his face but Hazel did not stop striking him until his face was bleeding badly.

He threw the stick on the ground and said, "Now you will have a longer-lasting scar."

The police took the crying guy back into the car, where he had been put earlier.

At this point, Ashlynn who had hidden in one of the tents was being dragged out by a cop. She kept crying and insisting that she was innocent. However, her cries were ignored and she was cuffed and pushed into a police van.

Hazel held my hand again and sa