Sideways

Rick

The Saleen shot forward over the crosswalk as the other light turned green and cars started coming. Torq pulled away from me to get his car through the intersection, probably having just realized where I’d led him.

I made it through to the other side. So did Torq.

We were locked in another battle as we drove up onto an overpass over a set of train tracks and then back down to sweep around in the direction of the docks. The race was only halfway done, and my car was already fucked.

I wasn’t able to hold the lead for very long.

Torq was right back on my ass as we made our way down less busy streets. The closer we got to the end, the bolder he became. He drove into the back end of my car again, harder this time, sending my back end fishtailing all over the place. He geared down and pinned it, racing up on my driver’s side as I fought to maintain control of the car.

I knew it was my imagination, but I could have sworn I heard him laughing.

We came around the final bend in the road. T