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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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