Chapter 78: Know Fear
"What is wrong with you? Why are you trying to kill me?" Nora’s scream was lost in the wind as it blew past her.
Demetri slanted a glance at her but continued to drive through the winding road recklessly as he manoeuvred the car around expertly.
Instead of answering her, he slowed down the car considerably and watched as she still continued to cling to the car door for dear life. Finally, when she realized that he had slowed down, she opened her eyes slowly before looking at the passing scenery in confusion. Where were they?
At first, when Demetri had told her to come with him, she had been disinterested and simply followed him with no questions asked. These past few days, anytime she was idle, she would keep thinking of the stalker and wondering if he would start to accost and follow her again. As much as she had tried to return to her normal life, she had been on tenterhooks. What if she failed to defend herself next time?
So she jumped on the chance to make an escape. After all, she had a long weekend ahead of her with nothing to do...Who would have imagined that instead of escaping, she would be jumping into the hands of another crazy man. He’d been fine when they had been within the city limits. But then, once the traffic had been minimal, Demetri seemed to have become possessed by the ghost of some Formula 1 racer!
As her heart finally calmed down, she looked at him slowly and gulped," Uhh, are we going back now?"
However, instead of answering her, he speeded up again. Her words caught in her throat, Nora squealed once again and as her hand would have moved to clutch the door again, it was caught by a hard hand. She tried to pull her hand from his grasp but he wouldn’t let go.
Finally the man slowed down again. Cautiously, she opened one eye and then next as she tried to talk to him," You..."
However, the car speeded up again, and this time she could see it heading straight towards a cliff... This time she did not close her eyes and shouted angrily," Demetri Frost, are you trying to kill me? You ba*tard!!!!"
Finally, the car slowed down once again. This time, since Nora had not closed her eyes, she simply turned her head and glared at Demetri, "What is wrong with you today?"
Demetri simply shrugged and answered," I thought you liked being scared so I brought you here. Now you don’t have to be scared at small things like the ringing of a bell or falling of a pin. You can simply be scared of falling to your death."
It took her a moment to realize what he meant. She had indeed been scared of everything. It was something that even the professors had remarked about in class. That she was too jumpy. But that did not mean she liked being scared.