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 her

police went to collect evidence. Since we could not tamper with the scene, I helped Shannon take a seat by the side of the road. I brought a bottle of mineral water from a passerby and treated the

the cool water hit her wound. "Ah, ow... Wanda, oh Wanda. Be gentle, would you? I'm not one

fine seeing how

of relief. As I was wiping off the water on her leg with a tissue, I suddenly realized that I

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

little confused by my question but still answered

mentioned that the car started driving right

as well as a spine-tingling guess, I concluded

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

that belonged to Shannon, but the

just now. The person must

noticed the upset look on my face and asked suspiciously,

say to Jordan when I send you back later." did not want her to live in worry, so I shook my head and

person failed once. I did not know when they would

just pay someone

that anything was off and was restrained by my efforts to conceal the situation

had given up,