You check the time. Perfect. As intended, you've arrived fashionably late. This is not your first time being late to all the events you are invited. You love the attention. You simply love it when you walked into a room full of people, and everyone turned to look at you. You get to show off your expensive bags, dresses and jewelry. You love it when the crowd whispers in discussion of the brand you are wearing.
Your life was not luxurious when you were younger, your achievement today was because of your hard work. Your parents had their own trouble, your father had passed away when you were twenty years old.
You did not finished your university because your mother could not afford to pay for your fees. You had to leave school to work. But lucky enough, your friends introduced you to this agency, and now you are an insurance agent for almost ten years.
You love the job, meeting new friends, and talking about your products energized you. This job has given you opportunities after opportunities. You have traveled to all over the world, and you have owned almost everything you’ve ever wanted. You are now head of your team, and everyone looked up to you. Every word spoken by you were idolize by the juniors.
You look at your reflection on the rear view mirror of your car, took out the red lipstick in your Gucci purse, and apply a little extra color on your luscious lips. You gently brush your dark brown hair with your fingers and smile at the mirror. You could not help it but to reach for your iPhone in your purse. Just like all your friends, you are very attached to the social media. Updating instagram and Facebook is your favorite part time these days.
You slide to unlock your phone and the you click on the beauty cam. Taking selfies is the most favorable thing to do. Smiling and snapping away. You were having a good time with yourself, until suddenly you heard a loud bang behind your car and the impact of something hitting your car was really huge.
You were extremely shocked and did not know what to do. What happened?
You were confused. You turned to look behind, and realized that a black Sedan had bang right behind your Toyota Camry. The guy in the car had already climbed out from his car. He was checking out his car. Frowning and nearly screaming.
“Damn it! That’s just great!” He kicked his car’s wheel and sighed.
You were still stunned, not sure if you should get out from the car or just stay in. It was not your fault, you have already double checked your parking, it was at the right spot. Besides, your car parks automatically without you having to trouble yourself. You surely did not do anything wrong. It is as if the man did it on purpose. Your car is bright red in color, how can someone not see your car?
The man was a little muscular, he had some mustache, he is tall, dark but definitely not handsome and he looked like the type of person who would beat up anyone getting in his way. You were really afraid that would happened to you. But to your surprise, he walked up to your car, he knocked on your window gently.
“Hey, I’m sorry! Your car is quite damaged.” He apologized, as he wipes away some sweat on his forehead.
You did not dare to move an inch, you wind down your window a little, enough to speak to him. “What happened?”
“I’m sorry, I should have checked my mirror, my car sensor had been having some problem for the past few weeks. I should have reinstall a new one, but I didn’t. And it has been a long day for me. I’m really sorry.”
You thought to yourself. At least, he is a gentleman to apologize. Maybe he is just a regular guy who had a bad day. “Well, it’s alright, I can get my insurance cover.” You did not want to get out of your car. It was really dark outside, and you did not want anything else to happen to you. Besides he is a stranger, and he looked a lot stronger than you are. You can not take that risk.
But the man kept on persuading you to have a look. “I’m sorry mdm. Maybe you wanna check it out. I don’t have much with me, maybe you can just have a look.”
You are starting to feel uneasy. Part of you worries about your car, and part of you worries that this man can not be trusted. You would just prefer to trust your instinct. Stay in the car and lock the doors.
“It’s okay. I can handle it. Don’t worries. I’m fine.” You tried to reach for your phone which had fallen on to the floor of your car when the accident happened. The impact were huge, but you are slightly surprised that the airbags were not being released.
“Come on out. Just have a look. Give me your number, I will pay the repairs.”
You feels that he sounded really fishy, you quickly switch on your phone. The man saw the flashing light on your phone screen and he quickly backed away from your car and hurried into his car. He left in a hurry. You were scared. But you did not dare to move an inch. You looked around you and clearly it was really dark outside.
No one could be seen.
You decided to call your best friend, Julia. You certainly did not want to get out of the car now. You were extremely shaken by the incident and you believed the man actually wanted to rob you or worse raped you. You pushed away the uneasy, horrible thoughts, and feel really blessed for not getting out from your car. You quickly click on your favorite contacts, to dial for Julia.
Moments later, you could hear the familiar voice of your friend. Despite her long lecture regarding your lateness, you felt a great relieved to hear her voice. You then slowly told her everything, and requested for someone in the event to accompany you to the police station.
You must sign up or log in to submit a comment.
2 comments
I feel like something emergency rescue will make like all the thing very tensions and like all the world turning dark at that time like the mind is blank even got idea but it will be suddenly become blank too, when you think back oh 🤔why I normally can solved the problem better but now only know.
Reply
Thank you dear for reading my story
Reply