Divorced! Now what?
Chapter 74

Bethany

POV

Theo gave the present to his Mum and gave her a warm hug as I suggested. Then, together, we went down the stairs, leaving those who were having the birthday party upstairs to enjoy whatever they had planned. It was the final, and until that game was done, none

of us in the den would venture to the party.

Some of the male guests that joined up soon learned that I do not like to be interrupted when the game is on, and by half-time, they were joining me with my happy dancing each time we scored. It changed the men from being a pain in the b**t and talking during the game to actually sitting down and watching and looking forward to the happy dances.

'We won, WE WON, WEEEEE WOOOOON. I screamed as I danced around the room, fist-pumping anyone who got in front of me. Theo twirled me around as I continued to sing.

'We won! I was on a high. Our team won. I am sure Dad and I will watch the whole game again, later and see where they could improve. It is something we enjoy doing, and it is fun when we sometimes see they have changed the format we had discussed. Happy with the outcome and prepared to forego the rest of our game time, we reluctantly went upstairs to join the birthday girl and have some cake.

'Theo, this is just amazing. How thoughtful of you. Bethany must have rubbed off on you for you to think of such a gift.

Theo had no clue what the present was but glowed in praise for picking it out for her. I had given her a new coat for winter, and I had noticed her last one was in need of some help. Still, it was her favorite, so I hunted high and low for the same coat but in a better condition. She was also paid for two days at a spa retreat and makeover. His Mum could go away for the whole weekend and have herself spoiled. It was for two, so she could take a friend or a daughter.

The party went on for a few hours, and Dad soon had enough. I offered to take him home and left Theo to come home when he was ready. Dad drove his car, and I had to go with Theo; as Dad had had one too many drinks, I offered to drive his car home, and Theo could follow later.

'I am staying with a colleague tonight, and it is in the central district.' Dad gave me directions and told me that he was staying because something was going on with where they were to start in the morning. It was best they left together from his place, as it was closer and easier. Dad was happy to spend time with others. I think he was a little lonely on his own, but he is getting there slowly.

I started to drive home. This area I was not familiar with was a little bit out of the city, and I had to use my GPS guidance to replace my way home.

I had gone for about ten minutes when I noticed a car seemed to be following me.

I called Dad, but his phone went to the message bank.

So I called Theo.

'Hey honey, I am about ready to leave now. Are you missing me?' The singing in the background suggested a lot of drunk ladies who were going to have a headache tomorrow.

'Hey, I had to drop Dad off in the central district, and I am on my way home now!'

'Oh, I will most likely beat your home then. He said. I could hardly hear him over the party noise.

'Theo, um, can you stay on the line? I am not sure if I am being paranoid or not, but I feel someone is following me,' I say

as I look at the rearview mirror again. I could have sworn there are two cars now. It must be me.

'Sure, exactly where are you?' He sounded concerned.

'Just past the old servo out of town. I said as I drove past the dark old service station.

'Okay, I am on my way. Did you try calling your Dad?'

'Yeah, but it went to the message bank. He might have forgotten to charge it again, and I need to replace out the other man's phone number or his work number. Besides, I am driving Dad's car; what could he do?' 'Not a lot. Stay on the phone and talk to me. He said, trying to keep me calm.

'I have you on hands-free and loudspeaker. I just needed to hear your voice and tell me I was being paranoid.' I tried not to sound scared, but my gut was telling me to be careful.

'Where is the security? Scott's team should have been following you the moment you left the party?'

'I don't know, maybe they did not recognize Dad's car or thought it was just Dad leaving and was waiting for your car.' The party noise went quiet, and I assumed that Theo had left the house. I heard him speaking to someone.

'You should be following her, man; you had better phone Scott and let him know what is going down on your watch. I hear Theo yelling. He was talking to the security team that failed to follow me, and that made me worry. It was way too easy. These people knew I had no security on me at that moment, that I was in Dad's car, and he was not staying at home, and now I was alone with no protection and an easy target. Do we have someone giving out information? Was it one of the security men knowingly leaving me without a tail and getting the goons to follow Dad's car? They could not have known Dad was not staying at home, but maybe followed on the off chance. There are too many loose threads, and I do not like it at all; Dad's phone is dead; all this is just too coincidental. Suddenly, the car's lights behind me got close to me on a quiet stretch of road and hit the back of my car. The jolt made me push back into my chair and made my heart pump faster. I kept the vehicle upright and going in the right direction. 'What was that bang?' Theo shouted at me.

'They hit the back of my car; they had a black SUV, license number 1XNT79901, tinted windows; I could see two men in the front, unknown if any, in the back.

I reached an intersection and another black SUV came. It barreled through a stop sign, hitting my passenger door, and the sounds of metal hitting metal screamed loudly. I hit my head on the side window, and my head bloomed with pain as I struggled to gain some control of my car, which was being pushed towards a drop on the other side of the road. I was struggling to keep the vehicle from heading over the edge, and fear was consuming me as I felt I was losing this fight. The car behind me went at speed and hit me on the back of the vehicle.

Any resemblance of control I had over the car disappeared, as the car that hit me from behind was all it took for my car to leave the road, and down the embankment, it rolled over and over again. I flopped about like a rag doll, unable to stop myself; the windscreen broke, showering me with glass, and soon after, so did the other windows; the only positive about me being in Dad's car was it had a roll cage, and that stopped the roof from collapsing around me.

Pain hit me on all sides, and I tasted blood; why did the airbags not deploy? I wondered as I tried to move and replace out what was broken, but pain radiated when I moved my head, so I leaned back and stared out the broken window and up to where I came from. The last thing I saw before darkness claimed me was men sliding down the embankment, heading towards me, and I was unable to do anything about it.

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