She Saw What He Did by Lynda Renham

Author:Lynda Renham [Renham, Lynda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raucous Publishing
Published: 2019-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Abby

‘I think someone is following us,’ says Jared.

‘Maybe it’s him,’ I say. ‘We should give him the box.’

‘I think these people have followed us from Maria’s house.’

I twist around in my seat and see close behind us is a blue van. It’s difficult to see the driver.

We’re close to home but instead of turning into our road Jared takes us down a narrow country lane. He takes the bends so fast that I have to clutch the door handle to stop myself being thrown forward.

‘It’s still behind us,’ says Jared, pushing his foot down harder on the accelerator. We screech around another bend and I squeeze my eyes shut. An oncoming car hoots at us. Suddenly we are back on the main road. Jared weaves dangerously in and out of traffic in an attempt to lose the blue van but it stays with us. I’m blinded by the glare of oncoming headlights. Jared is pushing the engine to its limits. I glance at the speedometer. We’re doing 60 miles an hour. Adrenalin pumps through me. We swerve around a Mini at an insane speed. Ahead of us are traffic lights.

‘Jared,’ I scream.

The lights are red, but he doesn’t slow down. They turn green as we reach them, and I cry with relief. We are now on another country lane and heading towards home. The blue van is no longer behind us.

‘It’s gone,’ I say, but Jared doesn’t slow down.

I turn back to the front and am about to breathe a sigh of relief when I see the police car coming towards us. Jared obviously doesn’t see it and overtakes the car in front. I open my mouth to scream but nothing comes out. I’m frozen with fear. Jared sees the police car too late. He swerves to avoid it. There’s a terrible thud and the scraping of metal against metal before the car finally comes to a stop embedding itself in a ditch. I’m thrown against the door and pain jars through my shoulder. My only thought is the box. I’m paralysed with fear at losing it.

‘Are you alright?’ asks Jared, leaning over me.

A policeman jumps down into the ditch and opens my door.

‘I’m fine,’ I say.

‘Are you okay sir,’ asks the policeman.

‘Yes,’ says Jared. ‘We were …’

‘I really think we should get you both checked over,’ says the policeman. ‘You can explain why you were speeding later.’

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