It terrified her.
Those muddy deeds of her evil heart, the black face behind her glittering smile, the dusty and bruised pages of her past, all of this was scaring her. Sia shook her head, a futile attempt to hinder the thoughts. The devastating guilt was drowning her deep down in the sea of horror, and it was impossible to crawl her way up. There was a constant clacking in her brain that was driving her to the edge.
"I will be home soon, Martin," she uttered, adjusting the Bluetooth as her lavish red car raced through the tunnel.
"But Sia, why are you alone? Where's your manager? The streets might be foggy and secluded by now. What the heck was thinking when you departed all alone at freaking midnight?" The frustration was a crystal in Martin's voice. "Should I come to pick you up?"