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“I’m sorry.” His voice softened and he took a step back. “You just... Sometimes you're so very unreasonable.”
“Are you all right?” A man stopped next to us, eyeing us both.
“No.” I needed to say more. The words froze in my throat.
“Yes.” Sean gave him a warm smile. “Couple’s disagreement, you know how it goes. How old is your baby?”
A bag of diapers sat on the bottom of the cart.
The man smiled softly. “Six months. Total angel.”
“I bet.” Sean had flipped a switch inside, and adopted angelic himself.
I was wrong to want to confront him myself. “Please help me. Call the police. Something,” I said.
Sean laughed and waved a hand dismissively in my direction. “She’s such a drama queen. You forget to pick up milk one time, and the world is ending, am I right?”
I knew this Sean. This was the man who convinced me for years that everything was my fault. Who made it so easy to doubt myself and the people around me.
The stranger laughed along with him, then looked at me. “Cut him a break. He’s trying.”
The stranger moved on, and so did everyone else who had slowed to watch the spectacle.
Fuck.
I rebuilt my courage from shattered fragments and clung to the pieces until I thought they might cut into my soul. “Leave me alone.” I was firm, despite how badly my hands shook. “I’m leaving, and you’re letting me. You’re not following me. Walk away now or I’ll scream.”
“All right, Love. Don’t get excited. I just wanted to work things out.” He held his hands up, as if surrendering, and stepped back. “I’ll give you some time to cool down.”
It was too easy—there was no way this was over. I climbed into my car, my hands shaking so badly I dropped the keys twice before fitting them into the ignition. I expected to look up and see Sean standing next to my window when I finally got the car started, but he was nowhere to be seen.
New apartment would wait. Graham’s house was closest, and I was going straight there. I navigated the underground lot, and hit the sharp slope leading up to the street. As I waited for an opening in traffic so I could turn, I checked my rear view mirror.
Sean was in the car immediately behind me.
Bile rose in my throat and I couldn’t swallow it down.
The street was too busy. I couldn’t put any distance between us, especially with him riding my ass as cars inched forward.
The freeway was only a couple miles away. That would give me more room to maneuver, and maybe put a few cars between us if I did a little aggressive driving. As we drew closer to the on-ramp, I found an opening in the cars, and stomped on the gas to grab the spot.
Sean must have had a similar idea, because suddenly his car was beside mine, amid the blare of horns and screeching tires. I glanced sideways at him, then back at the road. There was a lot of mountain here, and a distinct absence of guard rails. I hit the on-ramp faster than I should for the sharp turn. Despite the one-lane road, he was still there.
His car flew sideways into mine, jarring me with the screech of metal and tearing the steering wheel from my hands.
I struggled to regain control, but two of my tires had already left pavement and hit dirt.
He jerked into my car again, and my stomach and heart left my body as my car tumbled down the slope.
