Leo
The Bentley had barely cleared the outer security gates of Belmont Park, and its tyres locked in the flood waters on Cross Island Parkway. With winds outside the cabin howling at 20-30mph, the November Nor’easter hit New York with the sudden fury of a bull in a china shop.
The Bentley was built to handle extreme weather and had in-built sensors that automatically increased the car’s ability to steer through water while the defoggers and wipers could quickly clear out walls of water from the windscreen. It took it 20 minutes to merge into the elevated and dry Grand Central Parkway, cutting through the dense, eight o'clock Friday night traffic that was struggling to cut through the squall.
Leo raised a hand and loosened the top button of his shirt with a sharp tug. His jaw clenched
