Fear had her frozen in that particular spot as the car sped towards her. A jolt of adrenaline had her stumbling back; her foot caught the edge of the gutter and she fell against the pavement as the car roared past, as it sped down the street. Her whole body trembled in fear as she watched the tail lights of the car that had tried to run her down now disappear around the corner.
The darkness of the night swallowing her as the only light came from a single street lamp across the road. She picked her bag up and a piece of paper fluttered from it, she scraped it up from the ground and found that it was the directions Nick had given her to his apartment. She couldn't call him, he'd come to her rescue. She didn't want him to injure himself to help her; shakily she got up off the ground, her palms and arms burned from the concrete grazes.
She stumbled slightly as her legs felt like jelly, the adrenaline withdrawal leaving her unsteady and lightheaded, as she hurried across the road towards her car. She needed to get to Nick; right now it was the only place she wanted to be.
***
Nicola cursed as she travelled down the road, she missed that fucking slut; she escaped her wrath for now, but she would come back for her. She needed a better plan, but for now, she needed to get back to the station before they contacted Nick.
***
Nick lay back in his large leather chair as the news report flickered on in front of him, not really taking any of it in as his mind wandered to Evelyn. Heat flooded his body remembering every touch of her fingers and the hot press of her breasts as they rubbed against his chest. He groaned as his cock stiffened. Then images of what he would do to her tonight filtered through his mind making him groan again, making him adjust himself.
His thoughts were broken when the doorbell buzzed, he looked up at the clock noting it was only 6:30. Puzzled, he got up off his chair, unlocked the door and opened it. "Evelyn? What's wrong?"
"I almost got run over!" Evelyn clutched the doorframe hard as her arms visibly trembled.
"Hey, come inside, sit down, we'll talk," Nick grasped her arms and led her inside. He shut the door and sat her down on the sofa, turning off the TV. "What happened?"
"I... just closed up the salon when I went to cross the road, this... car... pulled out and raced towards me, it only missed me because I fell backwards onto the footpath."
"Did you see what type of car it was?" asked Nick worried.
"No... it was too dark to see anything, but I do know it was a woman, the shape I saw in the car wasn't large enough to be a man."
"I'm taking you to the police station, you need to file a report."
"They won't be able to do anything, I only saw the outline of the woman. All I know is that she had red hair, but everything else was obscured."
"You still need to report this Evelyn, you could have been seriously hurt," said Nick. He gathered her up in his arms and hugged her.
"Your shoulder Nick," said Evelyn as she was burrowed against his shoulder.
"It's fine, I'll take you down to the police station," said Nick with a bit of iron in his voice.
Evelyn sighed, she knew that he wasn't going to let it go, "Fine, but I will be driving, you can't exert your shoulder."
"Evelyn, listen to me, you're in no state to drive. I don't know how you managed to get here in the first place. You should have called me; I would have come to get you."
"Stubborn man, I didn't call you because of your injury."
"We're both looking out for each other then, besides I can handle it, I'm worried about you."
"Don't worry about me, the shock has passed. Give me your keys before you hurt yourself," Evelyn demanded.
Nick sighed them grumbled, "Fine, but when I get you back here..."
Evelyn shivered at the promise in his voice as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his keys.
"Thank you, it will be fun to see what you have planned for me," said Evelyn, she then looked up at him and kissed his lips.
"Let's go Evelyn, the sooner we get this done, the sooner we can get to other stuff. How does pizza sound?" asked Nick with a grin.
Evelyn chuckled, Nick's grin was adorable, and she couldn't help but feel better seeing him smile. She knew she was being stubborn about it, she clenched down on the tremors still flooding through her body. He was going to hurt himself if she let him drive.
# # #
"I'll be here for you Evelyn," said Nick as they stepped up to the doors of the police station. He took hold of her hand and pushed open the door.
"Thanks, I still don't think this will help at all."
"The police will at least have something on record then, besides I know most of the cops that work in this area," said Nick, pulling Evelyn into a hug and kissed her forehead.
They stepped forward into the police station and walked towards the front counter. "Hey Craig."
"Hey Nick, what have you done to yourself?" Craig gestured to the shoulder brace.
"Had an accident on a fire scene, got a dislocation, but my gorgeous girlfriend here is a masseuse. Hey, I'm here because we have a report to file," Nick gestured to Evelyn to continue.
"I was leaving work and someone almost hit me with their car. They came up over the curb and..."
"Right, come this way so we can get the paperwork done," said Craig as he got up from his chair.
Nick grasped Evelyn's arm and led her down the hall towards the interview room where Craig had opened the door and was waiting for them.
"Craig is a great guy. He's a really good cop and takes his job seriously," said Nick as he led Evelyn into the room.
Once they had sat down Craig started the recorder, "Officer Craig Stafford taking a witness statement at 6:57pm."
Nick rubbed Evelyn's arm soothingly as Craig began, "Please state your name for the record."
"Evelyn Lassiteur,"
"You said that someone almost hit you when you were leaving work correct?"
