The Girl by K. Larsen

Author:K. Larsen [Larsen, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-03T23:00:00+00:00

Tears fall from my eyes as I realize what’s happening, but I make no audible noise as Nora motions me to follow her. We pass through the living room and stop and listen. There is no movement from the bedroom. Floorboards creak under our weight. Holding my breath, Nora takes a final step toward the front door with my hand clutched too tight in hers. We shouldn’t do this. We have to. This is dangerous. Adrenaline courses through me.

The winter air whips around us as Nora holds up Holden’s truck keys. I don’t know how she managed to get them. The air seems to go thin around us.

“Run!” She hisses. Every muscle tenses in my body as we sprint for the truck. My socks are wet with snow. I slip and slide but we make it to the truck. Jumping inside the cab, I cry out as I slam my door shut. The sound seems impossibly loud and seems to paralyze Nora with fear.

“Nora, go!” I screech. My terror is palpable, and snaps Nora from her inactive state. It takes three turns, but finally the engine turns over. There is no going back now. In the breaking dawn light, I realize if we are caught it will be death.

Freezing rain pelts the windshield, and it’s been too long since Nora has driven. She’s clumsy and stalls out twice after the bridge. We do not speak, but I clutch Nora’s thigh.

“Hold on tight,” Nora barks at the first gate. We’re going too fast. I whine and squeeze my eyes shut as she plows through the gate. The impact hurts my body, but it is nothing compared to the exhilaration I feel.

It is not long to the next gate, and she rams us through it as well. The truck skids and slips; it feels like we’re losing control. The lonely access road is not far ahead. It is hard to see where to turn onto it. The road to the cabin is not plowed, and the snow and sleet coat everything that surrounds us.

“I love you,” Nora breathes. I cry, unable to control my emotions, but squeeze her thigh in lieu of words. We drive for too long. It feels too long. Everything is white. The road appears suddenly, plowed but not recently. Nora curses and yanks the wheel to the right to turn onto it. We slide and fishtail. A scream tears from my chest. Nora yanks the wheel back the other way, but it is too late. The truck hurdles toward the tree line.

“Hang on!” Nora screams.

“That was it, then everything went black. We crashed. There was glass and metal and that horrible smell of plastic burning everywhere.”

We’re pulled off the main road, but I don’t recall Dallas parking.

“Holy shit, Charlotte,” he blows out in a rush.

“That was the night we escaped. Or...” I look out the window, my stomach hollow and my mind lost in thought.

“Or what?” he asks. My skin prickles with electricity under his touch. I glance at the spot where Dallas’s hand is spread wide on my thigh and smile.

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