Not Looking for Love: Episode 2
“The hard thud makes me shudder.
I give him the address of my house, and he peers at me through narrowed eyes, like he wants to argue. I look away from him through the side window and cross my legs.
"Fine," he says and the truck rumbles to life.
The window on my side isn't closed all the way, and rain drizzles in wetting my sleeve.
Ed is looking at me in the rearview mirror. "You'll have to put some ice on that bruise soon or you'll be all black and blue tomorrow. Or a steak would be even better...." He's about fifty, and smells of beer and engine oil. That, mingled with the imagined smell of raw meet makes me nauseous. "I'll be OK," I mutter.
His eyes slide down over my thighs, and I turn away from him, hoping we'll get there soon. Normally I'd be panicking now, thinking he might try to rape me, but tonight I feel nothing. My heartbeat is slow and steady, my breathing deep. I don't think of anything beyond the next turn in the road, the next street.
His eyes return back to the road and he doesn't say anything more to me.MoreLess
I give him the address of my house, and he peers at me through narrowed eyes, like he wants to argue. I look away from him through the side window and cross my legs.
"Fine," he says and the truck rumbles to life.
The window on my side isn't closed all the way, and rain drizzles in wetting my sleeve.
Ed is looking at me in the rearview mirror. "You'll have to put some ice on that bruise soon or you'll be all black and blue tomorrow. Or a steak would be even better...." He's about fifty, and smells of beer and engine oil. That, mingled with the imagined smell of raw meet makes me nauseous. "I'll be OK," I mutter.
His eyes slide down over my thighs, and I turn away from him, hoping we'll get there soon. Normally I'd be panicking now, thinking he might try to rape me, but tonight I feel nothing. My heartbeat is slow and steady, my breathing deep. I don't think of anything beyond the next turn in the road, the next street.
His eyes return back to the road and he doesn't say anything more to me.MoreLess
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