Everything I wanted

Chapter 2: Fight or Flight

Rebecca, shaking, locked eyes with Bernel through the rear view mirror. With one hand on the steering wheel he reached back to feel her face. "its alright Rebecca", he says."soon we'll be far from whoever you tried to fucking leave me for last night."With her voice shaking Rebecca replied, "I wasn't going to leave you for anybody... I was leaving you because you hurt me and even after you would apologize you would do it again... I'm tired of making excuses for you Bernel...I really did love you but-" Bernel slams the steering wheel "Stop fucking lying, after all the shii i do for you can't never be satisfied. What does that other guy have that I don't?" " The hell are you talking about? What other guy? With all the shi you've done to me I still haven't once even thought of cheating on you or leaving you for somebody else." Bernel stared forward, silent, as he continued driving. "Where are we going?" Rebecca asked. Bernel didn't say a word. After a long pause Rebecca said, " ...please Bernel just take me home." "I am." He said. "No. I mean my home...I want to move back in with my sister." Again, Bernel stayed quiet. Looking out the window, Rebecca struggled to spot any street signs to tell her where exactly she was ."I dont recognize this street... Bernel where are we?" Bernel doesn't even look back at Rebecca... he continues driving. Rebecca feels in her pockets for her phone. Its gone. Rebecca started feeling anxious. She thought, "I can't stay in this car I can't stay with...him." Rebecca looks at the locked door and thought "one way out" She looks up to see Bernel, still staring into the street in front of him as he drove. Slowly she unlocked the car door. She tries to stay calm knowing shes about to feel a lot of pain when she  jumps. She took a deep breathe and quickly opened the door and jumped with her eyes closed. She could hear Bernel yelling for her as she rolled on onto the street. When she stopped rolling all she felt was her body aching, her left arm felt numb. With tears in her eyes she kept telling herself "Get up, run while you can". As she got up holding her arm, she felt a sharp pain in her ankle... she must have sprained it. "Rebecca! Rebecca!" She heard Bernel's voice getting closer. She started running. With every step she let out a silent cry as she felt the sharp pain in her ankle worsen. It didn't take long for Bernel to drive in front of her and block her way. He quickly got out of the car and picking her up as she screamed and cried , then throwing her into the front seat slamming the door. As he started driving back in the strange direction Rebecca cried, yelling, " Bernel please take me home, I promise I won't leave you, just please lets go home!" " We have a new home now don't worry that's where were going" Bernel said. Rebecca became silent trying to think of what to do. 15 minutes later Bernel turned into what looked like a strange community. Rebecca finally saw people walking by chatting with their friends in bathing suits. "Don't try anything funny" Bernel told her. Minutes later, without thinking twice Rebecca grabbed onto the steering wheel fighting Bernel for control. They both lost control of the car and it drove over a short fishing dock on a beach. The car splashed into the water sinking deeper and deeper. Rebecca tried opening the door but it was stuck. She rolled the window down and water immediately rushed in. She quickly pulled herself out and started to swim up. She was almost at the top when she felt a hand pull her by her sprained ankle. She screamed in pain forgetting she was under water. Water quickly rushed into her lungs and she felt herself losing conscious from the lack of oxygen. Within barely a few seconds she blacked out.

To be continued...