Chapter 73

I wasn't prepared for the sudden stop, and my body lurched forward violently. Thankfully, I had my seatbelt on, or I would have slammed into the windshield. "Get out!" I was still trying to process what had just happened when Zane urgently ordered me out of the car. I glanced outside at the heavy traffic and the ticking clock. Softly, I tried to reason with him, "Could you at least drop me off—" He suddenly growled at me. "I said, get out!" His shout startled me, and my heart clenched. His face was dark, filled with urgency and frustration. He really loved Callie to the extreme. One phone call from her was enough to throw him into a full-blown panic. Without another word, I got out of the car. As soon as I did, he sped off without a second glance. I stood there on the side of the road, stunned, feeling the heat rise to my eyes. It wasn't until a car horn blared behind me that I snapped out of it and hurried to the sidewalk. Given the time of the day and the fact that I was