Message in the Fire by Dawn Merriman

Author:Dawn Merriman [Merriman, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Gabby

The seat belt latch stabs painfully into my back. The wipers screech across the windshield. The rain beats on the roof.

And a wet heat spreads across my belly.

“Nolan?” I ask gently. He remains limp on top of me.

I slide my bare hand between our bodies. Hot and sticky, I pull my hand away. The dashboard lights fill the car with soft green light.

The blood on my hand drips along my palm, splatters on Nolan’s back.

Screams tear out of me.

A sudden rush of adrenaline mixes with my panicked shove, and Nolan slips sideways, wedges on the floor board. His legs hold me down.

I kick and scramble, frantic to get away. I drive my foot against the door jamb and push. The center console scrapes against my back, but I manage to get out from under him. A tangle of limbs in the front seat, my breath comes in hot gasps.

My head is shoved against the door, my hips raised by the center console, my legs pushing against Nolan’s body.

My instinct to escape battles with my instinct to help him. I pant in short bursts, mixed with screams. My head spins and my vision blurs. My erratic movements force my head off the seat and under the steering wheel. I’m upside down.

Panic consumes and I kick and scream to get away. Blood pounds in my ears, my face burns. My forehead slams into the bottom of the steering wheel and pinpricks of light dance before my eyes. I scream in pain, kicking my feet above me like a bug on its back.

A sudden sharp stab at my tattoo breaks through the panic, centers me.

I cry out in pain and hold my arm. The door.

My high pitched gasping breaths mix with the incessant screeching of the wipers. I focus on the wipers, count the beats. My breath slows and my head clears.

The door handle gives way under my sticky hand and the door swings open.

I’m free.

I roll awkwardly out of the car, land on my hands and knees in a puddle. The shock of the cold water snaps me out of the panic.

Not trusting my legs, I crawl around the car to Nolan. He’s face down on the floor board, his legs hang out of the door getting drenched from the rain. I try to turn him over, to see his injuries, but he’s too heavy.

Too still.

I search his neck with my bare hand, hoping to find a pulse.

Addlynn’s gone, dark eyed girl mocking, don’t worry I’ll keep you company now. We can be new mother and father. Disgust, never take Addlynn place, what did you do? Made sure she couldn’t get in our way. Anger, horror, where is she? Hand on her throat, dark eyes begging. With the witch.

Shivering on the bench, waiting, worrying. Will she come? Will she help me? Customer’s come, customers go. Nameless faces. Store lights go out. Alone and scared. Hey, buddy, got a quarter? Familiar face. Fear. Blade. Cutting. Alone in the cold, alone in the dark.

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