Sienna

My mum didn’t need another warning. The moment she heard the fear in my voice, she pressed her foot down on the accelerator. The road blurred past us, trees melting into streaks of green and brown. I kept glancing at the mirror, praying the black car would disappear.

It didn’t.

It followed.

My heartbeat felt like someone was banging on my chest from the inside.

Just when the lake house roof came into view between the trees, my phone buzzed so violently it almost fell from my ...