Leigh: "Ryan..."
Ryan: "Hey, what's up?"
Leigh: "I'm on my way to Jordan's house in this uber."
Leigh: "But feel like my drivers a serial killer so I'm just letting you know I'm on Park road..."
Ryan: "I'm sure you'll be fine"
Leigh: "No seriously though Ryan... He's like muttering about some 'Dead whore'"
Ryan: "What, just talking to himself?"
Leigh: "Yeah... It's really freaking me out"
Leigh: "He's all hunched over, and it smells like something rotting in here"
Ryan: "Just cancel the ride and hire a new one"
Leigh: "I'm too scared, what if he like... I don't know? Gets mad and kills me"
Ryan: "I think you're over reacting"
Leigh: "Oh, I've seen the news articles"
Ryan: "Okay... Well just keep texting me it's fine"
Leigh: "Ryan..."
Leigh: "He just turned down the wrong road"
Ryan: "What road?"
Leigh: "I don't know it looks like some private road"
Leigh: "Its like a forest"
Ryan: "Leigh are you just messing with me?"
Leigh: "No, he just pulled over..."
Leigh: "I'm getting really scared, he's just sitting there and staring out the window and muttering to himself..."
Ryan: "Do you want me to call the police?"
Leigh: "No... its fine"
Leigh: "He's gone completely silent now. He's just staring directly in front of him at the trees."
Ryan: "I should call the police"
Leigh: "No, I just asked if he's okay. He's not answering"
Leigh: "He's getting out the car, I'm trying to talk to him but he's acting like I'm not here"
Leigh: "Ryan!?"
Ryan: "I called the police and told them you're near park street"
Leigh: "Ryan!"
Leigh: "He's standing in front of the car looking into the woods"
Ryan: "Get out of the car Leigh!"
Leigh: "Oh god... Ryan..."
Leigh: "Ryan he's just staring at me. But his face..."
Leigh: "He's covered in blood..."
...
Ryan: "Leigh?"
Ryan: "Leigh are you there!?"
Leigh: "Yeah... Yeah I'm here"
Ryan: "Are you okay?"
Leigh: "Yeah. I just got out the car and ran but I think I'm lost. There are just tree's everywhere. And it's dark, I feel blind"
Leigh: "I don't think he's following me though"
Leigh: "But... But his face, he looks like a monster. Covered in blood like some sort of cannibal"
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Driving in the dark
Mystery / ThrillerA short story written in a series of text messages. When a Taxi driver starts to act weird, Leigh tries to text her friend Ryan for help... but things keep going down hill, as she uncovers the truth.