Run on Red

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In the dramatization with B-list actresses, they would show us laughing about boys and summer school. But the part of me that had my hair pulled out by the roots screamed for me to leave the car behind and hide along the trees by the riverbank. I wound my cold hands into the soft underside of the halter top, keeping my gaze on the shoulder of the road to watch for more pairs of ghostly eyes. The open passenger-side window suddenly felt less like an inconvenience and more like a chink in the Volvo’s armor. I wrapped my arms around myself in the chilly air, suddenly hyperaware of the goosebumps on my raw skin.

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And then if the person or people in the car behind you are out to harm you, will you be able to either outsmart them or overpower them?

They’re going to get plastered if they stay in the left lane and someone comes around that bend,” she added lightly, as if that might be a favorable outcome. The last bonfire we’d attended—stoked by overeager freshmen— had burned so hot that somebody’s bumper had melted by the end of the night. But as the truck came even with the Volvo for a brief moment, I could see the silhouettes of two men inside, facing forward.

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The car moaned as if in pain when we finally ground to a complete stop where the foothills leveled off on the valley floor. She took the next curve without braking, which pushed my shoulder hard against the base of the gearshift. I unbuckled my seatbelt and gently nudged her shoulder, pressing down on the corners of the airbag so I could see her face.One more time, I strained my eyes for any sign of headlights from the road tucked somewhere above the sloping hills. Even with a sleeping bag, I’d shivered all night long, zipping the flap over my head and curling my knees to my chest. This is a scary book about survival as two young women are pursued by truck then foot on a dark night. I ignored her and kept staring at the headlights that had been tailgating us relentlessly for miles on the dark rural highway.