When Robin arrived at the Tremont estate in a taxi, Mark had already finished his dinner and took Smore upstairs with him. Arianne was in the living room discussing work with Robin. The rain had already cleared when Robin was ready to leave. The air was filled with the freshness that comes after the rain with a slight humid smell from the rain water.
Arianne accompanied Robin to the taxi stand. “See you tomorrow.”
Robin waved at her and said, “You should head home first. I’ll see you tomorrow. By the way, your house is really beautiful, as expected of a luxury home.”
Arianne smiled and returned home when she saw the taxi driving off.
After a busy day, Robin sat in the car and took a deep relaxed breath. She enjoyed living a fulfilling life where every moment was well spent so that she did not have the time to have any sad thoughts. However, there would come a point where she would still have to slow down. To be exact, now…
Jessica had been sent to prison, and Sylvain was most likely going to be dragged into it as well. She wondered how Sylvain was doing.
As she was deep in thought, she suddenly realised that the scenery outside the car window had become unfamiliar to her. She thought of how she was a young woman stuck alone in a car and panicked. She timidly stretched her head to look at the driver, but all she saw was the driver’s side profile swaying in the same direction as the car since it was dark. Robin began to tremble in fear.
She suddenly thought of the news of how many women had been victims of crime while travelling alone at night and became horrified. It was still quite a long journey before she arrived home. Plus, she was unfamiliar with the route that seemed remote. Robin’s teeth began to tremble as well.
She was in a remote area all alone and couldn’t stand still because of the cold wind blowing at her. She held up her phone and said, “I’m out of the car; what should I do now? I don’t know where I am. I only know I’m at a place with a signboard that says Carrion’s Creek.”
Just as Robin finished speaking, to her horror, she found that the taxi had actually turned back towards her. The driver had taken a U-turn and driven back in her direction! The car had stopped on the opposing road by the pastures. Robin immediately thought that the taxi driver was staring at her with his terrifying face, which was filled with murderous intent. Shivers ran down her spine. “It’s back… The taxi has turned back! It’s right in front of me on the opposite side! I’m not kidding, Sylvain. Help me!”
She felt that she was being ridiculous the moment she called for help. Sylvain could be overseas now for all she knew, so what was the point in calling him? At best, she could scare off the driver and force him to drop her off safely. However, she would be finished the moment the driver realised that no one was there to pick her up…
The moment Robin intended to apologise for disturbing Sylvain so late into the night and was going to call Arianne instead, Sylvain suddenly said, “I’m unfamiliar with the roads here. Turn on the GPS on your phone so that I know where you are. I’m on my way and will be with you soon, so don’t worry. Turn your phone on speaker mode and we’ll keep on talking as you walk straight ahead. Stay calm!”
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