‘Don’t you dare apologise to him, Jake. He came out of nowhere! Seriously, Bane, what were you thinking?’
The shaken driver staggered towards us, sweat dripping from his hair and every muscle tense. ‘I don’t know. I had to … I don’t know …’
He sounded confused and very angry. Maybe he’d hit his head?
Like some kind of raving animal he pinned me with his gaze and I froze. His voice became manic, hysterical, soaked in violence, with a depth to it that cut into my chest.
‘I don’t understand what’s happening to me. I don’t understand why I can’t leave. I don’t understand why I just can’t leave you alone. I can’t stand you. I can’t stand to be around you!’ As he ranted he kept stumbling towards me, his expression terrifying.
Held motionless by his outspoken hatred, I couldn’t even make mys
