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“This is important. You’re not to leave the house, okay? You need to stress that to my parents and the kids. No one leaves the house until Zach gets there. Turn on the security system. All of it.” She continued to speed up, but unless she wanted to brave one of the dirt roads, there was no way but ahead.
We sped for our lives, meandering a road that, were it not for the threat behind us, would’ve been gorgeous. Those high trees wouldn’t seem so ominous.
“I’m heading to you now.” Danny’s been with us the whole time. Mia instructed him on where we were, and we kept going, with nowhere to turn. “The normal exits are closed. I’ll go around and meet you guys from your opposing route.”
I noticed the truck behind us getting closer, yet I was too stunned to say or do anything. By my side, Mia started mumbling something in Portuguese I couldn’t quite grasp. Just after she started, Danny followed her, speaking in Spanish. I wasn’t able to understand what they were saying, but I knew it was the same thing, as they followed the same cadence.
Mia placed her tiny hand over my clasped ones. “I won’t let anything harm you.” The situation wasn’t ideal, but I felt her confidence warm me. Until we felt the collision from behind. “Son of a—”
“What happened?” Danny was alert from the still active call.
“The driver bumped us.”
“Hold on, I’m coming.”
They hit again, and Mia pushed the gas even more, which was dangerous considering the many elbows on the road.
“I don’t wanna brave a dirt road. God only knows where they’ll lead us.”
“Don’t do it! That’s probably what they want. Keep on the road a little bit more, I’m close.”
“I don’t get what he’s doing. He’s not once tried to pass us or block our path. He hasn’t tried to throw us out of the road. He’s just urging us along.”
“That’s better,” Danny countered. “They’re just trying to scare you.”
“I don’t like this. It seems like he’s pushing me into a trap, but I don’t know what it is yet. Why just run us along?” Her eyes narrowed into slits. “I wanna slow down.”
“What?” That was the first time I talked during the whole running away thing.
“That’s not a good idea, Mia.”
“The guy isn’t trying to do anything. He hasn’t shot, hasn’t run us by. All he does is speed and force me to speed along. This is a trap.”
“What kind?”
“I don’t know, but I don’t like this. I wanna stop.”
“Don’t. You’re not alone.”
“So far, it’s just one car. I can deal with it. What happens when he gets me where he wants?”
“You don’t know that’s what he’s trying to do.”
“I’m telling you, Danny, it’s a trap. I can see an entrance to a dirt road on my right. I’m getting on it just to make a turn. Then I’m going back. I can’t go on this road like he wants me to.”
“I’m so close, Mia.”
“I need to try this. I know there’s something wrong—er,other than just being followed.”
“What if you can’t make the turn in time to ditch them?”
“I need to try.”
“Just a few more miles, Mia.”
“Danny, I need to—”
“Mia, look out!” I shouted.
