Something Wicked This Way Comes (2015)
“She closed her eyes and rubbed them, exhaustion weighing on her, and the need to get out of this sterile cubicle pulling her harder and harder as the time passed.
She finished the last of the files, packed up her stuff, and grabbed the office phone. Dialing the local taxi service, she was going to have a car pick her up and take her home since it was so late, even if she really couldn’t afford the fare and she only lived about a ten minute walk up the street. It was dark, and she was afraid... because of that, and even knowing Lathan was most likely watching couldn’t remove the fear of the danger around her.
It should have, though.
“I need a cab,” she said once the person on the other end of the line picked up. She gave the address, but when she was told there was at least an hour wait she knew that what she was going to do wasn’t smart. She canceled the pickup, not wanting to wait an hour, because she could walk home well before the cab even showed up.MoreLess
She finished the last of the files, packed up her stuff, and grabbed the office phone. Dialing the local taxi service, she was going to have a car pick her up and take her home since it was so late, even if she really couldn’t afford the fare and she only lived about a ten minute walk up the street. It was dark, and she was afraid... because of that, and even knowing Lathan was most likely watching couldn’t remove the fear of the danger around her.
It should have, though.
“I need a cab,” she said once the person on the other end of the line picked up. She gave the address, but when she was told there was at least an hour wait she knew that what she was going to do wasn’t smart. She canceled the pickup, not wanting to wait an hour, because she could walk home well before the cab even showed up.MoreLess
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