The Woman From Hell

Seeing that Shannon was fine, my heart, which had been suspended in the air, finally eased back down.

The traffic police arrived after a while to disperse the onlookers. They put down a few roadblocks and came to Shannon to inquire about the incident.

""You are..."

"Collins."

The traffic police heeded her response and took out a notebook. "Miss Collins, can you tell me what happened?"

Shannon leaned against me. She gritted her teeth as she began recalling. "I remember... starting my car and turning into Spring Road when I suddenly saw a car speeding up toward me from the right the moment I reached the center. I thought they were trying to pass, so I quickly moved out of the way. But they were so fast that I was pushed to the side."

The traffic police nodded and confirmed with his companion nothing was missing while Shannon looked at her scratched-up car with a complicated gaze.

The sunken side of the car was enough for me to imagine just how horrifying that moment was.

If it was not for Shannon's quick reflexes, she would have...

I did not dare think about it anymore and looked at the traffic police. "We can provide a dash cam if needed."

"Right!" Shannon's eyes lit up as she smacked a fist into the palm of her other hand. She almost lost her footing and tugged at her wound before letting out a breath of relief.

glanced at

could not tamper with the scene, I helped Shannon take a seat by the side of the road. I brought

called out exaggeratedly the moment the cool water hit her wound. "Ah, ow...

was probably fine seeing how she could still

I was wiping off the water on her leg with

solemnly. "Can you tell me what happened just now again? The more details the

by my question but still answered my

driving

as a spine-tingling guess, I

up quickly. There were two cars on the opposite side about two

the owner of the gray

that was dispersed just now. The person must have

upset look on my face

send you back later."

did not know when they would strike again, so

could just pay someone

notice that anything was off and was restrained by my efforts to conceal the situation from her. We got into my car after bidding the officers

sure if the person had given up, but