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up instantly. She gripped the scissors tight. She slid off the bed, her bare feet hitting
walked in, holding a plastic tray of medicatioe pressed the sharp point of the scisso
d," Corrie whisper
ped. The plastic tray hit the floor, scat
e coat," Cor
g nurse and pulled it over her own hospital gown. She sn
to the bathroom and locked
oss was making her head spin. She bit the inside of her ch
underground hallways. She kept her head down, avoi
fire exit door. She pushe
ain slammed into her. The storm insta
private clinic. Sharp thorns tore at her bare calves, leaving b
e and hit the rough asphalt of
. A yellow taxi with its roof lig
e middle of the lane, wa
the wet pavement. The car skidded t
leather seat. She unclasped the diamond watch from her wrist
," she ordered,
figure in the rearview mirror. He did
ezing bones. Her adrenaline crashed. Her eyelids grew incredibly heavy. Sh
's phone screen lit up. An en
His eyes shifted in the mir
ed to the driv
ic
d was quiet, buried under the noise of the t
too fast. The road signs were wrong. They were vee
Manhattan," Corrie said
said, his voice flat. "Taki
door handle. She pull
She pulled harder, rattling
ut!" she
e floor behind the driver's seat. She swung it with all he
reinforced glass only spider-webbe
Hudson River Bridge. The rain
rd to the right. The car swerved violently, headi
's momentum. A split second before the inevitable impact, he kicked his door open and threw his body out onto the wet asphalt. He rol
was deafening. The taxi smaummeted toward the raging bl
ad slammed forward into the back of the front seat. War
flooded into the cabin th
fying speed. It swallowed
led her seatbelt and pushed herself toward the front
ing a hole just big enough to squeeze
h the broken windshield, the fre
eared the glass, so
black glove clamped d
am of bubbles escaping her lips. S
strong. It yanked her backward, dragging her do
reezing water rushed into her mouth,
e last thing she saw in her mind
ss-walled penthouse
crystal glass of amber whiskey in his hand.
door to his of
d in the doorway. Brad was out of breat
inic. And the taxi she got into... it just crashed
fingers
ersian rug, the heavy glass shattering with a dull, h
to tiny pinpricks. His
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