Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 61

Hayley’s good mood instantly crashed as she thought, Anastasia’s getting more shameless by the day! She’s actually seducing Elliot in broad daylight during work hours! She bit down on her lip and decided that it was time she resorted to desperate measures.

Hayley gave up on her shopping, ran back to the car and started the engine. She glanced at the low wall next to the parking lot, and without another thought, she slammed on the accelerator and drove her car into the structure. The reaction from the impact caused Hayley to knock her head against the steering wheel.

The pain that followed was so intense that she had to take several sharp breaths to snap out of it. Now that she crashed the car and had sufficient reason to cry, Hayley inhaled deeply and took her phone before dialing Elliot’s number.

At that exact moment, Elliot’s phone, which was connected to the car’s system, rang with an incoming call, thereby disrupting the silence in the vehicle.

Hayley’s name appeared on the screen affixed to the dashboard. Anastasia was already feeling unsettled, and when she caught sight of the name, she felt even worse.

She turned away from the screen; it seemed as though looking at the name offended de her greatly. Elliot hesitated upon seeing this, but he decided to answer the call

anyway. “Hey, Hayley. What’s going on?”

whimper. “I’m so scared. Could you come

Elliot pressed out of concern, “Are

feel like I’m spinning. Elliot, I need you here. It

enough, that prompted him to want to rush over to her

when she heard Hayley’s voice. It’s been five years since we last saw each other, but even I have to say her damsel-in-distress act

glanced at the address Hayley had sent him. He turned around and

in some sort of a half-hearted agreement. She figured she could go and take a look

the wall, while the reckless driver herself was crouching next to the totaled car, looking as if she was trying to keep her head from cracking. down the middle. At that moment, she looked up and saw Elliot getting down from his car. She didn’t seem the least bit surprised that Anastasia had come along,

she flew into Elliot’s arms like a stunned baby bird. “You’re

impact, but she’s hopping around just fine.

here, Anastasia?” Hayley asked, feigning surprise

mockingly, “It’s embarrassing to acknowledge you as a female

chewed on her lip and stared at Anastasia with red-rimmed eyes as she demanded, “Why do you have to be so mean,

mean, am I? I thought you would have lost an arm or a leg or something from the crash. In fact, I was going to light up fireworks to celebrate the joyous occasion of your fatal accident!” Anastasia