on the highest speed setting. They barely clea
uckles ached from the pressure. The lea
financial update. The anchor's voice
against the dashboard,
r was worse. It left
risty's screaming face. Dangelo Abbot
ike she was suffocating insi
Avenue. The streetlights blurred int
ck Lincoln SUV was driv
hand. A sharp pain stabbed behind her left e
ed hard t
rake lights of the Lincoln SUV w
its brakes in the mid
right foot down on the brak
red violently against her foot. The tires scre
slid f
a
locked, biting hard into her collarbone an
ogether. A dull rin
ds still gripping the wheel, her chest r
. No blood. The airb
aked windshield. The Lincoln SUV
insurance card from the glove compartment and
or open and stepp
toward the front of her car. Her hood was crumpled, pr
side door of
ed out. He didn't bother with an um
Alia, his face
the rain. "Do you have any idea what this bumper
od up straight, ignoring the
of the trailing driver," Alia said loudly, her voice perfectly steady.
urprised by her lack of fear. H
he f
ed past her shoulder, staring at the
rned he
roof glass of the rear wind
k. Alia could only see the fain
He was entirely in shadow. He held
n degrees. The hairs on her arms stoo
surance card so ha
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