No cabs nearby.
Of course there weren’t.
These kinds of elite business parties were always hosted in secluded areas far away from the city, where regular traffic barely passed, especially at this hour during heavy rain.
Amara lowered her phone slowly.
Then she turned around and started walking.
Her feet hurt.
Her head hurt.
Everything inside her body hurt.
But strangely, the physical pain almost helped distract her from the unbearable ache inside her chest.
Rain continued pouring over her as she walked down the empty road alone, her soaked dress clinging tightly to her body withevery shaky step. Her heels scraped painfully against the wet pavement, but she barely noticed anymore.
The voices from the club kept replaying inside her head over and over again.
Then suddenly—
A blinding light appeared in front of her.
Bright headlights cut through the darkness as a car sped toward her.
The driver clearly hadn’t expected someone to be walking alone on the empty road in the middle of the storm.
The car swerved violently.
Tires screeched against the wet road as the driver slammed on the brakes. But before the car could hit her, Amara suddenly felt her head go light.
Everything around her started spinning.
Her knees gave out beneath her as darkness slowly swallowed her vision.
The driver immediately pushed the car door open and rushed out into the rain.
“Miss! Are you alright?” the young man asked urgently as he knelt beside her.
He looked young, probably someone who had attended the same business party at the club.
But Amara couldn’t answer him.
Her body felt numb and heavy, and her consciousness faded in and out.
Without wasting another second, the man carefully picked her up and rushed her into the car.
“Hang on,” he said quickly. “I’m taking you to the hospital.”
Two hours later, Amara sat quietly in the hospital waiting room.
A white bandage was wrapped around her scratched arm, and a visible swollen bump had formed on her forehead where she had hit the pavement earlier. The swelling had gone down slightly after treatment, but the dull ache in her head remained constant.
The bright hospital lights reflected against the pale exhaustion on her face.
She sat silently in the chair with her hands resting lifelessly in her lap.
