257 DILEMMA

Madison pulled herself to the car, gulping down more lime water she had gotten earlier. She waited a few minutes before starting the engines. Then she spent another twenty minutes blasting her favorite song from the radio and setting the air conditioning to the highest setting. She revived the engine and drove out of the parking lot. She looked in the side mirrors and saw the hot guy from earlier standing in the parking lot. She heaved a sigh of relief that she had finally gotten rid of the dickhead. "Now to convince another dickhead to leave me alone." She whispered, drawing out her vape and taking a long sigh. It felt good, and she needed to feel good. When she parked, the Dawson mansion was two blocks away. She decided to gather enough confidence to face Kate that night; the old lady wouldn't put her down anymore. She honked twice, and the gates pulled apart like garlic butter bread. The sky outside was not as dark as it looked from the car windows. She checked her wristwatch,