Chapter Fourteen
I clutched onto the armrest, holding my breath as we hit a ditch and the car came to a crashing stop.
“Are you okay?” asked Connor, staring at me with wide eyes.
I nodded. “I think so. Are you?”
“Yeah,” he said absently. He frowned. “I’m going to see what kind of damage there is.”
It was still pouring down rain. “Do you have an umbrella or something in here?”
Connor shook his head. “It’s okay.”
He stepped out and peered at the car, swiping impatiently at his face as the wind buffeted rain at him. Then he got back into the car.
He looked relieved. “I can’t really see any damage. Let me see if I can drive us out of the ditch.”
Connor stepped on the accelerator and the engine revved but the car didn’t move. He turned the steering wheel a different way and tried again
