by Tina Haskell

Created on: December 09, 2008   Last Updated: September 15, 2010

Rearview Mirror

Allison had to make her move soon. Each time she could feel the stolen red Buick LeSabre start to slow down, she looked for the perfect opportunity. She held her breath and quietly pressed the red square button to release her seatbelt as she fixed her gaze towards the front seat. Allison kept her focus on the rearview mirror where she could see the cold sadistic eyes of her abductor. That's all she could see in the mirror, his eyes lit up from the artificial glow of the dashboard. As long as he wasn't watching her, she was going to slowly and quietly let the lap belt slide back into its place between the stained velour seat cushions. Allison had to be ready to jump; it was her only way out of this mess. She was afraid of what might happen to her if she stayed in that car with Gary.

Further up ahead, Allison spotted an intersection. It looked like there might be a convenience store on one corner and a car lot on the opposite corner. Allison knew that the car lot would be closed since it had to be after midnight by that time, but hopefully the convenience store was still open. A sense of hope flooded over her just as quickly as fear set in and her heart started pounding into her throat. Allison's stomach felt like it was turning inside out and for a moment she thought she was going to be sick. She reached up and pulled her long wavy red hair into a ponytail using the elastic she had been wearing around her wrist, just in case she did get sick. At least her hair would be out of the way.

Allison stared ahead at the traffic light. It taunted her with its eerie green glow as it swayed in the wind from the power line above. It had to turn red soon, and then Gary would have to stop the car at the intersection. This would be her opportunity to escape. Allison had it all planned out in her mind. As soon as he stopped the car, she would throw the door open, jump out of the car and run for the convenience store. On second thought, maybe she should wait until the light turned green again and Gary was just beginning to pull away from the intersection, and then jump out of the car. That way, he wouldn't be able to jump out after her as quickly. Yes, that was a much better plan.

As the LeSabre neared the intersection, Allison watched as the light turned yellow. Relief set in. The light was going to turn red and the car was going to stop. Finally, the light did turn red and Allison prepared herself to make her move. Her left hand reached over to the door handle,

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