LEIGH
Everything happened in a blur. One second I was gripping the wheel, laser-focused on the race that so much depended on. The next, I was boxed in by three police cruisers, with red and blue lights strobing like lightning bolts, sirens blaring along.
I slammed on the brakes or else I was crashing into the wall, and not only was that life-threatening, but I don't think the rental company gives a pass when their vehicles return in half. So I brought the car to a screeched halt.
"Freeze!" Voices rang out from every direction.
And in that moment, I understood this was what Ava had been afraid of. But what crushed me the most wasn't my situation. It was the ring that was still with Alfie.
My pulse thundered in my ears as I stepped out slowly, raising my hands, heart lodged between my
