Chapter 14 - Highway Interception
I drove down the winding coastal highway toward home.
I checked my rear-view mirror constantly while driving.
A dark black SUV was tailgating my vehicle close.
The SUV had dark tinted windows and no license plates.
I accelerated my speed, but the SUV matched my pace.
Suddenly, the black SUV rammed my rear bumper hard.
Metal crunched loudly as my car jolted forward violently.
"Dammit!" I yelled, gripping the steering wheel tight.
The black SUV pulled alongside my left car door.
The passenger window rolled down slowly in the wind.
A man wearing a black ski mask pointed a handgun.
He fired two shots straight through my side window.
Glass shattered into dust, spraying across passenger seat.
I ducked my head low, swerving car to right.
My tires skidded off the pavement onto gravel shoulder.
Dust clouds billowed high into the afternoon sky behind.
I slammed my foot onto the brake pedal with force.
My car spun around in a full circle safely.
The black SUV overshot, stopping fifty yards ahead.
The gunman stepped out of the vehicle with weapon drawn.
He walked steadily toward my stopped car on road.
I reached into my glove compartment for emergency flare.
I loaded a red magnesium flare cartridge into chamber.
The gunman raised his pistol toward my windshield glass.
"Margaret sends her regards, Ethan!" gunman shouted out.
I kicked my driver door open hard into gunman.
The heavy metal door struck the gunman's arm viciously.
The pistol flew from his hand onto gravel road.
I leveled the flare gun directly at gunman's chest.
"Do not move a single muscle!" I barked.
I pulled the flare trigger, firing bright fireball out.
The red flare struck the gunman's shoulder, setting shirt.
The gunman screamed in pain, collapsing onto dirt.
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I pinned him down, pulling off black ski mask.
I gasped in sheer shock as I recognized face.
