Surviving an Armed Robbery Through Talk

I survived an armed robbery by talking my way out of it. Walking to my bus stop at 5am,

a masked man with a gun stepped out and forced me to the ground. I was dressed like

a dude in baggy clothes, but when he realized I was a woman, everything changed.

He pointed to a dark alley and said follow me. My neighborhood had recent assault

cases, so I knew what that meant. I kept talking, saying I'm coming,

and he made one mistake. He believed me and turned away. I tucked my head

down and sprinted six blocks screaming. Sometimes your survival instinct knows exactly what to do.