Stop Right There Novels & Stories

Finish what you started before you lose your mind.

Trust does not return just because you finally arrived. ---

“I’m not…not yet…I can’t…” We lapsed into another strained silence as we drove. Twenty minutes later I spotted it. My pulse rose as I slowed and put my hazards on. The lump in my throat stopped me from being able to breathe the closer I got. Her car was off the side of the road but not in a way that was an easy pull over. Slowly, I pulled up on the side of the road next to her car.

𝙸 𝚃𝚁𝙸𝙴𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙼𝚈 𝚂𝚃𝙴𝙿𝚂 𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝚃𝙾 𝚆𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝙸 𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙴 𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙼. "𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙻𝙾𝚂𝚃?" 𝙸 𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙽𝙴𝙳 𝙰𝚁𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳 𝚃𝙾 𝚂𝙴𝙴 𝙰 𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝙼𝚄𝚂𝙲𝚄𝙻𝙰𝚁 𝙵𝙸�

"I’m so close… don’t stop. Please, don’t stop!" And then he stilled.

With all the self-control left in him, he gritted his teeth and said: “We should stop.” To be continued

Then it stopped, like the person left. “Next time. Don't stop.”

Once more, my stomach rumbled and I angrily ignored it. “ We could stop at the next gas station if you’re really hungry” hunter commented at the roaring of my stomach. “ Next? Has there been a previous one?” “ No actually, but there’s a first one at our next turn” “ Okay” I said as I patiently waited for our next turn. And true to his directions, in less than ten minutes we were approaching a gas station with only two individuals present and a single gas pump. Hunter drove into the marked out area for parking and immediately turned off the ignition .

I rushed toward the machine and tried to stop it, only to realize the controls were locked with a password. Panicked, I called Suzanna. She responded with impatience. “I was only scaring you. The grinder is a prop. It will stop on its own in a minute. Shane, stop overreacting and come back to cook. Eric loves your cooking.” Before I could reply, she hung up. A second later, the rope snapped. My mother screamed as she fell. I lunged forward, trying to shield her with my own body. I was too late. My mother died right before my eyes. A broken scream tore from my throat.

She felt time stop and she didn't know the word to utter. " How do you mistakingly sleep with someone Adam?'' She finally asked trying to hold back the sobs " We were drinking and it was all a blur, there were girls at the party and...i didn't mean to" Adam said and reached out to take Riley's hand across the table. she immediately withdrew from him and looked around then covered her mouth with her palms and sniffed almost loudly.