She Never Saw It Coming

A girl wakes up in a car with a strange man and a hangover.

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Staring out the window at the telephone wires like pencil lines in the sky, Emma watched as the bushes moved with angst in directions opposing the wind, and the far off silhouettes of etcho-sketch mountains and clouds that moved in haste as if coming home way past curfew.

And while the landscape sped by, and still with no idea where they were going, she wondered if these would be the last things she ever saw.

- She Never Saw It Coming [unedited]

Photo credit: DODGE’S WHEEL Death Valley, California, 1977 by Jean-Loup Sieff

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She Never Saw It Coming.

They were usually like this near the end, when the drugs were wearing off and the handover was about to take place. Still, this was the worst bit. The really shit part of the job. When they woke up. When they realised just what was happening, or tried to find out. When the silence of driving at high speeds on the highway, or listening to the radio diving in and out of tune, was replaced with the realisation there was no more time left. Some sat in silence, afraid. Some resigned to it, like they already knew what was coming. And others fought tooth and nail, never believing it would soon be all over. - Indigo Rhoades

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She Never Saw It Coming.

In a place as rough as this, such a small woman might be seen as bait. But wrong first impressions could be your undoing. Could mean the death of you. Like a splinter pushed right up under your fingernail, she could cause you the most excruciating pain. If you gave her reason to. Or if she so chose. - Indigo Rhoades

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But what do you do when the one saving you turns out to be worse than the demons you’ve been battling for years? - She Never Saw It Coming.

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She Never Saw It Coming (unedited WIP) *** You’d think a place like this would be deserted, run down. Not even here. And yet the blinking lights and the movement inside, as well as the few stray cars scattered about, suggested this place had a pulse. He didn’t give a shit about being found out though. This was a place where secrets were kept and bodies were buried. And for the wandering stranger, it would be a quick lesson in the art of keeping your business to yourself, your mouth shut and your fucking head down. Unless, of course, you wanted it blown off. - Indigo Rhoades.

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She Never Saw It Coming (WIP) *** He ordered the shots. Tequila. Not the good stuff that warms you like a slow, full body orgasm, but the cheap and nasty, ‘rot you before it drops you’ shit. The kind that will either leave you peeling your face off the bathroom floor or waking up in some stranger’s car. - Indigo Rhoades.

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She Never Saw It Coming

She really wished she’d watched more thrillers or escape movies for tips. Probably should’ve splashed out on a VCR instead of a ceramic bong but when you’re smashed even shit TV is good TV. Just like pizza and bad sex. Better than nothing, for the most part.

- Indigo Rhoades

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She Never Saw It Coming. *** 'Fuck!' She fell to her knees, realising that running was choosing a slow death. A certain death. The desert before her was not the lesser of the two evils. 'Damn it,' she smacked the ground and slumped back so she was sitting on her feet. He just laughed, took a swig of the whiskey and leant back against the car, folding his arms so the bottle rested under his armpit, and waited for her tantrum to subside. - Indigo Rhoades *Portrait Photography by Andrea Hübner*

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Small excerpt - She Never Saw It Coming. The Vultures circled above like they already knew that she wouldn't make it out alive. They knew Death. They could sense it. Yet, in her mind, she thought, like she always did when she was challenged or opposed. I will fucking show you! - Indigo Rhoades *** 'Taken By The Sky.' [Image name]

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She Never Saw It Coming [Unedited]

Moments earlier she was fast asleep, drool dried on the corners of her mouth, head rocking from side to side with the rhythm of the car. But now, this annoying little red haired shit was scuffing the door of his beloved Chevelle as she tried to escape, with those high top Converse he currently hated the sight of. He couldn’t help but think that all redheads were a fucking nightmare and from experience, he knew that those damn ‘colour-in-a-box’ ones were just plain hell. He’d known one in his previous life. The woman was smouldering but with the same loose wiring and abnormal chromosomes he was sure they all had. A little atomic bomb inside their brain just waiting for it’s time to shine, like a strange mix of epilepsy and aggressive alcoholic, set to search and destroy. And he swore if he didn’t have this one job to do - and fuck actually knows the price he’d pay if he didn’t go through with it - he’d reach over, open the door himself, spin around in his seat and boot her from the fucking car. Watch in the rear vision as she catapulted out, flipping over and over, like a flesh and bone tumbleweed spraying skin and blood until she landed askew in the dirt, leaving traces of bodily fluids to dry under the sun. - Indigo Rhoades.

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She Never Saw It Coming. (Unedited). He thought the guy was some executive looking for a lost boy to mould into a goddamn rockstar. Clean him up, make him shave, maybe trim the sides a little. But he didn’t want any of that. He wanted the rough edges and don’t give a fuck attitude as long as Jack was loyal. Seemed like a fair trade at the time. Jack even got his own car, 'the deal sweetener.' Turned out it had an aftertaste worse than stevia. Sometimes a shitty, booze soaked soul is better to keep for yourself than to hand over to such a man. Sometimes, you don't realise the price is too high until you're balls deep, and there's no chance of pulling out. - She Never Saw It Coming [Image from Beneath leather and bone]

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She Never Saw It Coming A girl wakes up in a car with a strange man and a hangover. It’s bad enough she can’t remember what happened, or who he is, but when she sees the dead body on the backseat, she realises just how much trouble she could be in. - Indigo Rhoades [Image courtesy of Circumstance : Formento + Formento ]