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Without even thinking, and mostly out of instinct, I slammed on the breaks. Neither of us were wearing seat belts and both of us lurched forward as the car came to a screeching halt.

My mind was reeling in a thousand directions.

What just happened? Who is this? Is this somebody I pissed off somehow? What do they even want? - and really - could my day get any worse?

Suddenly, I'm snapped out my stupor by the realization that the woman, who I now noticed was dressed rather elegantly, had dropped the gun and was fumbling around for it on the floor.

Right at that moment, there were headlights in the rear view mirror. The car I had been driving was stopped in the middle of the road and I could tell that the driver behind us was slowing down and stopping instead of just going around us. Perhaps it was the police, or a good sameritan - or maybe it was her partner. I had no time to think.. I was running on pure adrenaline and every nerve in my body was telling me to get out of this car and get away from this woman.

I grabbed the door handle, pushed the door open and started to make a run for it. I was trying to run as fast as I could. My heart was racing but everything seemed to be happening in slow motion - I couldn't get away fast enough. Suddenly I thought I felt a bee or something buzzing right past my ear and then a rock plunged into my thigh. It was only at that moment, that I heard the gunshots.