The rubber tires of her old Toyota van screeched against the asphalt road as Isla gripped the steering wheel with trembling hands. She couldn't see the road properly as her vision was clouded with tears,her heart pounding erratically in her chest like it was going to burst from her chest. The old car shaking anytime she got to a bump. She could see the headlights of the police tailing her from the side view mirror. She tried to outrun them but they were faster.
She couldn't focus on driving as Kai sobs from the backseat and the siren on the police car clouded her senses. Kai tightly gripped the straps of his worn out car seat. "Mommy, I'm scared. Are we in trouble?"
"No we're not, baby" she managed to choke out barely keeping herself together. "Just be calm for mommy, okay? Mommy needs to get us far away from this place"
She was barely keeping it together. All she wanted was to curl on the ground and cry.
How did she end up here?
