offered weakly in response to Grimaldi's sudden silence. She could hear something she couldn't quite make out, a new sound to accompany the hum of the car's engine. This noise got louder with each passing second, almost sounding like a speeding vehicle closing in on them. 

"Nothing for you to worry about. We've got company…," Grimaldi's hands gripped the wheel a little tighter as the rapidly closing car popped into his driver's side mirror. The vehicle picked up speed as it reached the side of Grimaldi's car. He braced himself for impact, a collision of speeding metal and glass that never came. Grimaldi looked over to the car he was unwillingly sharing the narrow two-lane road with to see who was driving. There was no one behind the wheel. The surgeon squinted and loo...

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