Chapter 176: Soothsayer
Rory
One moment, I was laughing along to my mates and the kids, and the very next moment, I was screaming in panic as a large truck suddenly loomed right in front of me. I was completely caught off guard and fear lodged itself in my throat as a hard lump while I struggled to get back control of the steering wheel. All that was currently going on in my mind was the fact that kids were in here with me right now, innocent kids who didn’t deserve to be in any sort of accident right now.
The truck keep speeding forward and I desperately tried to stop the car, but sidensly all the buttons weren’t working, I was left bursting with nerves while my heart hammered away. One moment, the large headlights of the truck in front of me was blinding me completely. From the back of my mind, I could hear the panic in Kenny’s and Jason’s voice, but my throat felt too tight for me to respond.
At this point, I had already accepted my fate that this truck was gonna collide with our car. All that was going on in my mind presently was the fact that the innocent kids and my innocent mates were here with me right now. At the very last moment, everything whitened out around me.
I was in a state of shock, whereby I couldn’t scream or move or blink, and when the bright light finally cleared away, I realized that we were no longer in the middle of the road, the truck was nowhere to be found, and our car which had almost gotten into an accident moments ago was packed at the side of a road that didn’t look so busy. As my eyes darted around, I let out a choked, shaky breath and when I glanced behind me, my mates wore matching shocked expressions, the exact one that’s currently on my face.
"What..." Kenny trailed off, and as my was started between him and Jason, before shifting to Anna and Niko, a wave of relief crashed over me. It was so immense that my head grew a little dizzy as those onslaught of emotions consumed me completely.
They were safe. Everyone is safe! Safe!
Tears welled up in my eyes just as Jason slipped out of the car and walked over to the driver’s side, and after he opened the door, I fell right into his arms, gripping his shirt tightly and trying to make sense of what had happened.
"I almost crashed you all, I’m so sorry." I cried out, sniffing and falling apart from guilt. Jason gently shushed me, his large palms sliding over my shoulders soothingly.
"What happened though? That was so crazy shit." Kenny’s voice drifted into my ear from beside Jason and I realized he had stepped out of the car as well.
"I wasn’t fully concentrating on the road, I’m sorry." I said as I pulled out of Jason’s arms to peer up at Kenny who shook his head before coming to crouch before me.