James and Jen saw the brake lights as their hot-wired Porsche sped toward the Jaguar doing close to 100 miles per hour. Jen tapped the brakes of the Porsche and jerked the wheel, narrowly missing hitting the back of the XKE as it shot past the front of the car. She nearly lost control, sending the rear into a skid. It took all of her skill to recover.
When they came out of it, Melody was about twenty yards behind them and headed toward the concrete wall, cutting across the lanes of traffic. James watched as cars slammed on brakes and turned wheels hard to avoid hitting the Jaguar as the car plowed head-on into the concrete wall. The sound of the impact hit them like artillery. They heard metal ripping like a sheet. It sounded like a hailstorm on a tin roof. The driver’s side front wheel f
