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She had a split second to ine, she burned rubber as she tried to jerk out of the way and into the h speed and the tow truck clipped the rear right just as she would have cleared it
Her car went into a spin and her head snapped to the side froripped the wheel as she fishtailed out of control Pressing on the brakes, she didn’t slam down because she didn’t want it to lock up She spun into the next lane of onco traffic
Horns blared and tires squealed She braced for an i down on her jerked in the other direction at the last second It slaain and crashed into a Prius with a sickening crunch Her airbag deployed, slaainst the headrest Her chest burned and a dull ache spread across her skull
For a ned in her car She blinked, her chest sore as the airbag deflated Wiggling her fingers and ar was broken As she shifted against her seat, she groaned The seatbelt had jerked against her hips, ribs and collarbone so she knew she’d be bruised As she released the seatbelt, so her
A o on it had a cell phone in his hand and wore a concerned expression It looked as if he was asking if she was all right
She nodded and fumbled with the door The moment she stepped out onto the pavement, noises and voices crashed over her A siren wailed in the distance and the ently touched her elbow
"Are you okay?" he asked
"Just shaken up" Nothing was broken, of that she was certain She’d had broken bones before and now she was just sore And the hit hadn’t been bad considering the guy had clipped her She was just lucky that onco truck hadn’t hit her head on She would be a lot more than shaken up if that had happened She’d probably be dead or at the very least unconscious
"I’ve called the police and I’m pretty sure some of the other bystanders have too I’m an EMT and while you look fine, you need to take a seat before the parauided her to an area of curb in between two parked cars
As she walked with hi panic Yeah, there was no way she was getting away clean now She spotted the tow truck driver stepping out of his vehicle and thenext to the driver’s door talking on his cell phone The truck was on the other side of the street and the tow truck was in between her car and the pick-up, co on the surrounding sidewalks, so on cell phones She was thankful no one appeared to be hurt, but holy crap, her day had just taken a turn for the worse
She had a suitcase in her backseat, weapons hidden in her trunk and after this she’d definitely have to have her car towed There was no way to subtly reet the weapons once the car had been removed from the accident, but that wouldn’t be for a few hours She rubbed a hand over her face as she tried to decide what to do Part of her desperately wanted to call Harrison, but knew that would be stupid She’d already left a note at home for him and once he picked her up he’d see not only her packed suitcase--which was clearly not a gy her ho her eyes as she let the dark-hairedposition on the curb Today luck was definitely not on her side If she could just have a few moments alone to herself, maybe she could think her way out of this mess
Neville slowed as he rounded the corner onto Flagler Now that he was free he found he couldn’t get enough of walking In his former life he’d had a driver chauffeur hiain But for noas unknown and under the radar While hewhat he wanted, when he wanted As soon as he took care of his final proble jeans, a T-shirt with a sport’s teah Though he hated being out of a suit, it was necessary even if he wasn’t particularly worried about so him here His trial had been soo and in the UK Ae on international affairs Still, blending in was of the utathered on the sidewalk, he grew curious and slowly eased his way through the onlookers There were sosurrounded by soon
Flashing blue and red lights fros don There was also a fire truck and two paramedic vans From the smashed car and tow truck, he realized there had been an accident
His hotel was less than a mile away and this wasn’t soe of panic subsided as he started to fade back into the crowd