BAM, BAM, BAM! Loud, aggressive knocking echoed through the moonlight house. In the master bedroom, just a few feet away from the front door, a groggy and confused 30-year-old Asian man appeared, rubbing his eyes.
"Who the heck is it?" He said, looking through the peephole, only to see darkness. Suddenly, a blinding light shone through the small window on the door, and with it came more aggressive and frantic pounding. With one particularly hard knock, the door slammed open. Revealing a middle aged woman in her pajamas with disheveled hair.
"Who the heck are you, and why are you here?" The frightened man repeated, eyes widened and staring at the strange woman.
"We don't have time for formalities, Anh…" The mysterious woman panted out.
"WHA-WAIT HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?!" Anh replied, shocked and visibly shaking with fear.
"As I said, no time for chit chat. Come with me, NOW!" She said still panting, as she grabbed a hold of Anh's wrist and pulled him out onto the porch slamming the wooden door behind the both of them. "Now listen closely to what I'm about to say, because your life and your family's depends on it."
At those words, Anh forced himself to calm down and focus on the words that this ominous woman spoke. Little did he know, those very words would change the rest of his life and the life of his five daughters and wife.