14: The rich man's secret

The car was no longer in Anthony's control. I was panicking too much to even want to pay attention to his situation.

Even in my seatbelt, the bumpy trail down that hill caused me to hit my head against the roof of the car, my face against the glass and it kept on like that.

I saw death face to face and in that moment, there was nothing but blankness.

We got to the end of the hill but there still was no control over the car, especially at the speed it was going.

There was a huge tree just in front of us and right before we crashed into it, Anthony used the air bags.

The force from hitting the tree brought the vehicle to a halt and the smoking car filled inside with fumes that caused us to cough hard.

"Are you okay?!" He asked me, out of breath. How did he have the strength to talk?

He hurried out of his seat belt and helped me out of mine. 

Anthony came out of the car and I tried to go out the door on my side but it was stuck. I re