Page 57 of The Last Morgan
They said their goodbyes outside the restaurant, splitting off into the busy foot traffic.
Lucy slid into the backseat of her car, sighing in contentment. The driver pulled off smoothly.
Finally, she thought. One normal afternoon.
But something felt... off.
Normally, the driver would have opened the car door for her, she only realized after she sat down that she had opened the door herself.
And the driver — who usually greeted her with a small nod or polite smile — had been completely silent.
No words.
Not even a glance.
Lucy frowned, shifting slightly in her seat “Shouldn't of drank all that wine” she giggled to herself.
The road ahead looked oddly empty too.
No familiar black SUVs tailing them.
No glint of tinted windows in the rearview mirror.
She grabbed her phone and dialed Corey.
He picked up almost instantly.
"Hey, where are Byron and Damian?" she asked drunkenly. "And the rest of you?"
Corey's voice was tight. "They got stuck behind the train tracks you just crossed. It was perfect timing— too perfect."
In the background, she heard Byron cursing loudly.
"Give me the phone!" Byron barked.
Corey must've handed it over because suddenly Byron's voice was in her ear, urgent and furious.
"Lucy. Listen to me. Fuck!" He swore again, rough and loud.
"That driver is NOT your driver."
Lucy giggled “I know durr, why do you think I called?”.
"Stay the fuck on the phone," Byron growled. "Do you hear me? Do NOT hang up."
Byron turned to Damian and Corey shouting “She’s fucking drunk”
Lucy clenched the phone tighter. “only a little” she smirked.
She glanced at the locked doors, the driver still completely silent up front.
"Guess I’m getting out before my stop," she muttered.
Without waiting another second, Lucy slammed her hand against the door handle, pushed hard, and rolled herself out onto the dirty side road.
Pain exploded through her body as she hit the gravel, tumbling hard.
"FUCK!" she screamed as her arm scraped painfully across the ground, skin tearing, blood blooming instantly, sobering her up!
