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