Thirty Four

"I really hate her, Emily. I want to throw the turkey on the table at that woman, but... argh! I really hate this situation."

Isabella held her forehead while calling Emily, and it caused the earbuds in her ears to fall to the ground.

"Damn, I dropped the earphones!"

In the middle of her journey, Isabella still had to focus on the road ahead. But she kept an eye on the small object that connected her call with Emily, now lying under her feet. Then, seeing an opening, Isabella tried to pick up the earphones while briefly taking her focus off the steering wheel.

And BOOM!

Isabella slammed on the brakes hard and suddenly. Her heart raced, and she covered her mouth in shock.

"Did I hit someone?" Isabella looked back and saw a man lying on the asphalt. The road was fairly quiet; there was no one else around besides the man, whose face Isabella couldn’t even see.

After some hesitation, Isabella got out of her car and slowly walked toward the man she thought she had hit. He was dressed in ve