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I had no choice. There’s no way leaving would have made things better. The police would always find me. It’d be a hit and run. No doubt about it. Mitigating circumstances wouldn’t even come into it. Tom would always manage to worm his way out of anything else.
It was clear pretty quickly that Tom was okay. He did an impressive job of trying to look as if he was on his last legs, but there was no way he was badly injured. Not at that speed.
As we waited for the emergency services to arrive, I must have felt every emotion under the sun. Anger at Tom for what he’d done. Panic at what would now happen. Relief at having the opportunity to tell the police everything.
They’ll be able to speak to Jess. She’s one of their own. I stay silent all the way to the police station, telling myself t
