unbelievably enough had barely a scratch on it from their earlier collision. Was she good or what?
“That’s not a very nice thing to say.”
“I’m not in the mood to be nice or polite. Now hand over your insurance papers so we can finish this thing and I can be on my way.”
She looked at the hand that had appeared in front of her. “Insurance papers. Right!”
She made a big show out of getting back into her car and rummaging through her purse. Then she emptied it on the passenger seat and sifted through the mess. No insurance documents. Not even her license. So where in hell had she put them? She was pretty sure she’d had them the last time she’d been pulled over by a cop.
Her door wrenched open, Kevin leaning down over her with a growl, “What the fuck is taking so long?”
“I can’t find them. I’m sure I had them with me the last time I took this car. I’m sure of it.”
“Then find them! Now!”
“I’m trying!” she replied, her hands starting to shake.
“Oh for god’s sake!” He hurried around the car and opened the passenger door. Kneeling in the dirt, he started looking through her stuff and paused when his fingers picked up a box of condoms.
“I like to be prepared,” she said in the tense silence.
He looked up at her then shaking his head, let it drop back onto the seat. “Where’s your license?”
“I don’t know. I can’t find it either but I’m sure it’s with the insurance docs.” She smiled at him and watched as he banged his head against the door. Several consecutive times.
* * * *
“I must have left them at home.” She looked at the interior of her car, all messy thanks to Kevin. He’d opened all the pockets, had pushed everything to the floor so he could sift through them but no license had appeared. No insurance papers either.
“You only remember this now?” he said through gritted teeth. Night had fallen while they were searching for the documents and her car’s interior light wasn’t strong enough to make his features clear.
She could hear the anger in his voice though. Shivers ran up her spine as she imagined him grabbing her and throwing her onto the backseat. Then he’d push up her skirt and his hands would-
“Are you listening to me? Fuck, what did I do to deserve this?”
She blinked back to the present and watched as he kicked her front tire. “Hey!”
“What?” He whirled around and stepped towards her, fury radiating from his every pore. “What do you want us to do now?”
She bit her lower lip before she could tell him exactly what she wanted them to do. In detail. “Do you want to go to my place so we can retrieve those papers?”
“No,” he snapped back. “I want you to go there and drive back with them. Or even better, give me your address and your house keys.”
She blinked up at him, “What? Why?”
“I’ll go get them myself.”
“That doesn’t make any sense. I don’t even know where I’ve left them!”
“You don’t?” She shook her head. He swore again, “Damn it! I had somewhere to be tonight, you know?”
“But it’s stil early. I mean, if we swing by my place and we find the papers then you can be on your way.” Until she found a way to make him stay, of course.
“Where do you live?”
“Up that hill,” she nodded towards a mountain in the distance.
“All the way over there?”
“Well, yeah. I have a cabin that I use during the weekends. It’s quite isolated but I have a guard dog and-“
“Stop babbling and let’s go!” He grabbed her forearm and pushed her down in her seat. “Drive and I’ll follow you. And for fuck’s sake, start using your indicators!”
“Right,” she murmured as he hurried to his car and wrenched the driver’s door open. Now she had a good thirty minutes to come up with a plan!
* * * *
She hadn’t thought once of where she’d put her license or those other documents but she’d managed to recall where she’d left her
“That’s not a very nice thing to say.”
“I’m not in the mood to be nice or polite. Now hand over your insurance papers so we can finish this thing and I can be on my way.”
She looked at the hand that had appeared in front of her. “Insurance papers. Right!”
She made a big show out of getting back into her car and rummaging through her purse. Then she emptied it on the passenger seat and sifted through the mess. No insurance documents. Not even her license. So where in hell had she put them? She was pretty sure she’d had them the last time she’d been pulled over by a cop.
Her door wrenched open, Kevin leaning down over her with a growl, “What the fuck is taking so long?”
“I can’t find them. I’m sure I had them with me the last time I took this car. I’m sure of it.”
“Then find them! Now!”
“I’m trying!” she replied, her hands starting to shake.
“Oh for god’s sake!” He hurried around the car and opened the passenger door. Kneeling in the dirt, he started looking through her stuff and paused when his fingers picked up a box of condoms.
“I like to be prepared,” she said in the tense silence.
He looked up at her then shaking his head, let it drop back onto the seat. “Where’s your license?”
“I don’t know. I can’t find it either but I’m sure it’s with the insurance docs.” She smiled at him and watched as he banged his head against the door. Several consecutive times.
* * * *
“I must have left them at home.” She looked at the interior of her car, all messy thanks to Kevin. He’d opened all the pockets, had pushed everything to the floor so he could sift through them but no license had appeared. No insurance papers either.
“You only remember this now?” he said through gritted teeth. Night had fallen while they were searching for the documents and her car’s interior light wasn’t strong enough to make his features clear.
She could hear the anger in his voice though. Shivers ran up her spine as she imagined him grabbing her and throwing her onto the backseat. Then he’d push up her skirt and his hands would-
“Are you listening to me? Fuck, what did I do to deserve this?”
She blinked back to the present and watched as he kicked her front tire. “Hey!”
“What?” He whirled around and stepped towards her, fury radiating from his every pore. “What do you want us to do now?”
She bit her lower lip before she could tell him exactly what she wanted them to do. In detail. “Do you want to go to my place so we can retrieve those papers?”
“No,” he snapped back. “I want you to go there and drive back with them. Or even better, give me your address and your house keys.”
She blinked up at him, “What? Why?”
“I’ll go get them myself.”
“That doesn’t make any sense. I don’t even know where I’ve left them!”
“You don’t?” She shook her head. He swore again, “Damn it! I had somewhere to be tonight, you know?”
“But it’s stil early. I mean, if we swing by my place and we find the papers then you can be on your way.” Until she found a way to make him stay, of course.
“Where do you live?”
“Up that hill,” she nodded towards a mountain in the distance.
“All the way over there?”
“Well, yeah. I have a cabin that I use during the weekends. It’s quite isolated but I have a guard dog and-“
“Stop babbling and let’s go!” He grabbed her forearm and pushed her down in her seat. “Drive and I’ll follow you. And for fuck’s sake, start using your indicators!”
“Right,” she murmured as he hurried to his car and wrenched the driver’s door open. Now she had a good thirty minutes to come up with a plan!
* * * *
She hadn’t thought once of where she’d put her license or those other documents but she’d managed to recall where she’d left her
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