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Mum’s the Word
Kate Collins

Excerpt

Mum’s the Word

“This is the alarm notification center. Your alarm was triggered.”

I gulped. Had Bloomers been burgled?

“I’m on my way right now.” I shut the phone, stuffed it in my bag and practically sprinted to the car. Driving as fast as the weather allowed, I headed up the long, two lane road that led back to town.

As I neared Maple Creek bridge, headlights came up fast behind me. I tapped on my brakes to warn the driver to slow down, but apparently he didn’t notice because he bumped me.

I honked my horn, but that seemed to make the speedster angry, because he bumped me again, harder this time. He’d had to speed up to do it, so I knew it was intentional.

Steering the Vette over to the side of the road, I was digging for my phone when he hit me again, pushing my car forward, so that the right front end was hanging off the narrow, sloping shoulder and I was staring down into muddy water. Fear prickled my spine. What if this wasn’t a case of road rage? What if someone was trying to kill me?

I heard the unmistakable sound of an engine being shifted into reverse. I glanced up at my mirror in horror.

He was getting his car positioned to ram me again.



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