She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

258 Getting Caught

The yard is empty and quiet.

From what it looks like, the whole area is not just abandoned, but even off the power grid. Twilight brushes a bloody orange on the edge of the sky, and instantly the buildings turn dark with no light anywhere. Like a monster on its stomach, mouth open for prey.

She tries to look for an emergency phone, which might still be on, but if Sebastian already tried to call the police, then that wouldn't help anyone. She can try to sneak out of the area and look for help once she makes it. But at the moment... She has no one except Silco to turn to, and she is not even sure if that's not delivering herself back into the mouth of the monster.

Or, she can try to get out Sebastian and Authur on her own. The hardest, and the most unlikely. There is no car in the yard, but they couldn't have come here on foot. Their cars must be somewhere, and if she could start any of them...

She barely remembers how to start a car without a key from the one-time search online. She's not even sure if she could do that with modern cars. But this is her best shot.

Sneaking to the window of the main warehouse and hiding under it, Scar looks through the glass as stealth as she can, only to freeze when she sees clear of the inside of the room--

the center of the room, surrounded by four men. His hand holding a baseball bat is bleeding. Blood dripping from his frim wrist. Panting heavily, the man is under extreme pain and stress, but his

peace-on-thin-ice

him only because they know full well that Sebastian can only take down one of them at a time,

is on the thugs' side, and their best shot is

twenty. The front yard is right across the narrow way between the two houses, and in the middle of it, two cars. Aiming at

for her to use the old jump starting. Once got into the car, Scar gave her about 15 seconds before someone would hear the noise and come

scream when a guy jumps out from the side of the building, blocking her

Scar struggles back, kicking and drawing around to try to keep the guy away. The guy is not terrified by her inefficient struggle at all. He smashes his bat

not in a haste, teasing Scar as

and dashes forward, trying to get back into the backyard At least she could hide there for a

smashing sounds.

The man