So... you don't have to panic! You need to calmly think and make a reasonable decision ...

Of course, thoughtful analysis of life's circumstances has never been your thing, but now you should strain your brain if you really want to survive.

You're thinking, "Think... think... Get your brains on, Billy! Your life depends on it now!"

So, you've been thinking about some of your options for dealing with your current dangerous situation.

To continue your "business" as if nothing happened is very risky: Joe or his accomplices may understand that you opened the suitcase. Then they will obviously make you regret opening that damn suitcase. Or even if these bandits do not notice anything, then your "business" with them will not cease to be potentially dangerous for you (for example, you may fall into the hands of the police another time).

On the other hand, if you yourself go to the police now, then the risk is also high: you can be put in jail as an accomplice in Joe's crimes. Or the gangsters can follow you and find out about your visit to the police and then... you are scared to think about what they will do to you.

You consider the following actions to be the most logical option: you decide to drop out of college (your survival is more important to you), you are now collecting all your important things, you do not tell anyone anything, you seek to leave the city, if possible you seek to hide your true identity.