I was stunned during the whole incident. There was nothing I could do to help him.Then one of the gangsters shouted something in Italian and then they left the bar. I looked at Barry's face. I asked him whether he was all right. I asked him who were these guys and what were they here for? Barry wiped the blood off his face, grinned at me and said, "I don't think I can drive after all this, would you mind dropping me at my place? I will tell you everything about this during our ride,what do you say?" I reluctantly agreed as I nodded and said yes. I knew I shouldn't go with him, but something inside me forced me to go with him. We came out of the motel. He gave me the keys and walked with me to show where his car was parked. It was a brand new black 1956 convertible with white leather seats. I stared at the car with awe and i said,"where the fuck did you get the money for this?" He said,"You ask too many questions lad, I'll answer your every question during our ride,Now hop in." So i went inside the car,turned the ignition on and said, "Where to go Barry?"He said,"Just drive, take me away from this place first." I said that I needed to know where were we going.He said ,"my place ,its about 25 miles away from here, its located up the hill from the main road in West End. Now just fucking drive." So we hit the road, leaving the motel in our dust.
Just after 10 minutes of driving, it started raining heavily. In fact, this was probably the heaviest rain I had ever seen in my life. I was thrilled to see the heavy rain with combination of lightnings, thunders and wind. But it was a dangerous weather to drive. I pulled over the car realizing that this could get dangerous once I hit the highway.Barry shouted,"what the fuck are you doing, don't pull over, keep on driving." Then I said,"what the fuck are you saying, are you out of your fucking mind? Driving in this weather would be just like committing a fucking suicide."After hearing that he grinned at me and took out his gun." I was shocked to see what was happening, he pointed it at me and said, "look lad I like you,don't make me do this please, keep on driving lad."I knew that I made a big mistake by coming with him. I said, "Whoa, Whoa ,Whoa!!!, Just take it easy man, take it easy, put the piece away, I am driving." He said that he would not hesitate to blow my fucking head off and that i just needed to keep on driving.
It was raining too hard to see anything. I was driving at 20 miles per hour.I guessed Barry didn't like it.He looked at me with anger and said, "You really want me to pull this fucking trigger lad,what are you driving a fucking bullock cart now? Raise the speed of the fucking car, this car is made for driving with lots of verve, don't be a sissy, act like a man." I was beginning to lose my temper.I said ,"what the fuck do you want from me, you are gonna get both of us killed, you crazy fuck." He told me to shut the fuck up and he said that he would kill me if I didn't follow his orders.
Nothing could be clearly seen. Loud thunder roared as thick drops of rain fell on the ground.The speed was now 80 miles per hour. I knew i was gonna die If I kept driving at that speed. I was thinking to get rid of that asshole.All of a sudden a deer came in front of the car. I couldn't see anything clearly.While trying to save it, the car went out of control,skidded about 600 feet, became airborne, rolled several times, and hit a tree five feet about ground. It then continued past the tree and landed upside down in a ditch.The accident instantly killed Barry, scattering his body on the roadside. I was quite sure that i was gonna die, but as I opened my eyes, reality sank in, and I realized I was alive. Everything became quiet around me. I felt the warm blood as it dripped down my cheek. I wiggled my fingers and toes to see how badly I was hurt. Realizing that I was upside down, I fumbled to unlock my seat-belt. As it unlatched, my body fell down and rested in amongst the pieces of glass and debris. I screamed out in pain, as I slowly crawled my way out of the car. As I stood to my feet, the smell of burning oil encircled the area. There were flames coming from the engine. I realized it was just a matter of time before it was going to explode....
To be continued.......
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