Thrill Squeaker: A Squeaky Clean Mystery (Squeaky Clean Mysteries Book 11) by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: River Heights
Published: 2016-02-29T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

I reached for the dashboard as the car shifted and tilted and jerked. We slid close to the guardrail. On the other side of the wooden barrier was a cliff that cascaded down to a rushing river a good 30 feet below.

The car behind us zoomed past. I only got a glimpse of black before riveting my gaze back on the cliff in front of us.

Riley jerked the wheel, but it was too late. We were already out of control.

The car began to fishtail.

My life flashed in front of my eyes. The good, the bad, and the ugly times.

I wasn’t ready for it to end yet.

I held my breath as we finally came to a stop. The front of my car dangled over the edge of the cliff. But we’d stopped. We hadn’t gone over.

My heart pounded in my ears as I realized just how close we’d come.

I glanced at Riley. “Are you okay?”

He touched his forehead. A slight trickle of blood had started there, but he otherwise appeared fine. “Yes, I’m okay. That was unexpected.”

“Someone was trying to kill us,” I whispered as reality set in.

Riley stared straight ahead, his breathing still labored. “They almost succeeded.”

As he said the words, our car teetered like a seesaw on the playground in elementary school.

I froze. “We’re not safe yet.”

“We need to get out of this car. Carefully.”

I started to nod but then thought twice of it. No movement other than what was absolutely necessary, I told myself. Absolutely necessary.

“I’m going to open my door and slide out,” Riley said. “You’re going to hold my hand the whole time.”

I knew what he was getting at. He didn’t want to shift the car’s weight when he got out and leave me inside to topple to my death. “Got it.”

“Come closer to me. Slowly.”

The car rocked again, and I held my breath.

This wasn’t good. It wasn’t good at all. Of all the ways I’d envisioned dying, this wasn’t one of them. And I’d envisioned death a lot of ways. Way more than the average person.

As Riley stood, the car wobbled again.

I froze, only moving my eyes as I glanced up at Riley.

“It’s going to be okay,” he murmured.

He still gripped my hand, and that was my only comfort at the moment.

“We don’t have time to waste here, Gabby,” Riley urged. As he spoke, the car rocked again.

I gasped as the jostle strengthened.

“Now!” Riley shouted.

As he said the words, he jerked my arm. I darted out of the car, diving onto the rocky ground on the other side.

Just as stones and pebbles dug into my flesh, I heard a groan. I turned around in time to see my car fall to the cliff below. A horrific crash sounded. My precious car that I saved so long and hard to buy was gone. Thank goodness, we weren’t inside.

I sucked in a long breath.

That had been close. Too close.

My head fell to the side, and I spotted Riley lying beside me. He was okay also. Thank goodness.

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