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“Come on!”
We dash around to the other side of the building. Maybe I can find a window or something.
My leg aches something fierce, and I know my speed is lagging while my strength wanes.
The blaring sound of Marco’s horn goes off too close behind our steps, and I look over just quick enough to see him heading straight for the building.
He clearly doesn’t care about damaging the car.
Snagging Clara by the shoulders, I leap with her out of the way again, and Marco’s car goes soaring past.
He smashes into the seemingly flimsy wall of the office building, but the car’s still running.
I watch as he throws it in reverse and backs up to try for us again.
“Clara!”
She shakes her head, looking up from the ground at me, and nods.
“Still here. What are we supposed to do? We can’t keep running like this.”
I shake my head, glancing over at Marco’s car, still putting distance between us to ram forward again.
“No. We can’t.”
“Luke.” Clara’s just beneath me, cradled in my arms, and damn, if I could just keep her there, safe. “You can’t run on this much more. The bleeding…”
Just as she nods at my leg, I notice the fuzzy feeling in my brain from the blood loss.
I’ve been doing my best to ignore it, but my head feels off, my limbs dragging and heavy.
She’s right. I know she’s right, but I can’t let this fucker hurt her. I’ve failed her enough.
“Yeah. I get you.”
I look around us. There’s an expanse of flat cement wall just a few yards down, another storage building.
Marco clearly doesn’t care about that car. He’s only after one thing.
More obscenities fly from the car as Marco throws the car into drive, ready to take off again.
Seconds. I have seconds to try this. It’s this or nothing.
“Clara, I need you to stay here.”
Her eyes flare. “What?”
“We’ve got seconds, doc! I need you to stay put and trust me. I’m going to lead him into the wall.”
“Luke, no! I?—”
The sound of the motor cuts her off as the car is barreling toward us.
“Stay here!”
I get up off the ground, leaving Clara there, and run toward the section of stronger wall.
“Come on, you fucker! I’m not scared of you or your fucking piece of shit car!”
