Hostel Couchsurfing Raid Escape

when did you not just dodge a bullet but sidestep a whole firing squad i was backpacking through

eastern europe and crashing on couches to save money met this guy at a hostel super friendly spoke

perfect english said he worked in “imports” whatever that meant i stayed at his place for

three nights and everything felt normal until the last night when he wouldn’t stop

pacing and checking his phone at like 2am next morning i’m half asleep stuffing my clothes

into my bag trying to make an early train when he tells me hey if anyone asks you’re my cousin

visiting from canada weird but i just nodded because i wanted out i step outside and the

entire street is blocked off unmarked vans dudes in jackets everywhere one of them stops me and