Ryan stared ahead, his expression grim.

He had already checked the car—its brakes were completely non-functional, and it was a sports car, which was speeding up rapidly and impossible to stop now.

There was no saving it...

Even with the situation analyzed, Ryan maintained his composure as he turned to Ellie. "What did you have for breakfast this morning?"

With tears streaming down her face and panic etched on her features, Ellie blinked at him, clearly confused. "What did you say, Ryan?"

"I asked if you had breakfast."

"It's the middle of a crisis! Why are you asking about food?" She gasped, "We're going too fast to make that turn…!"

"So, you did eat?" Ryan pressed, his tone steady.

"Yeah, I did."

"Good. At least you won't be starving when you die."

"..."

Hearing this, Ellie's tears flowed even more freely. "But I don't want to die! I don't want to die!" she sobbed.

"Ahead, there's a river. You can swim. When we get close, you need to jump out!

You're a better swimmer than I am! I should steer. You jump!" Ellie

the steering wheel at that speed. If they both jumped at the same time, the car

her the hope of

replied to her insistence, "I'm your brother; I need

can't let you take my place!" Ellie was

it's likely a death sentence, too.

"...Ryan, is dying painful?"

If the car crashes, we'll probably die very quickly,

silence, her eyes

down her cheeks. "But

in the car, while outside, a group at the Cobb family estate stood frozen in

a flash, leaving them stunned as it tore down the

be able to turn

car fishtail around a

he hadn't had any experience with racing, they wouldn't have made it

Selena gasped in disbelief.

brow and rushed to the driver's seat of

arm. "What are you doing? You can't possibly think about going to save them! I get it; if you rescue them, we can continue our partnership, but this is reckless! Besides, that's a sports

hand away,

the car!" Erin shouted, pounding on the door. "The South family's prophecies are never wrong! If it says there'll be an accident at ten o'clock, then there will be! If you try to save them, it'll cost you dearly!

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