Her nerves were completely shot. Adrenaline still pumped through her veins, making her senses heightened. She’d almost been mugged. On the way to her car. It felt like a blur, having gotten finished with an errand she was running for her father, she had to walk a couple of blocks to get back to the parking garage. She’d noticed a man who seemed to be following her when it was too late. Since it was a busier time for traffic, Emma had simply assumed that he was just walking in the same direction, and he had disappeared after she’d looked back a second time. She had her keys in one hand for protection while the other hand had a vice grip around the handle of her oxygen cart. She’d gotten into the garage, near her car, when the man she’d stopped looking around for grabbed her arm that had the keys in it, and turned her around so she could see the knife he had brandished. He told her to give him her wallet, or she’d regret it. Thinking on her feet, she told him that she kept her cash stashed on the cart and needed both hands to get it. Thankfully, he was dumb enough to believe her. The moment she picked the cart off the ground, she swung it at him, the wheels hitting the side of his head. Not staying long enough to see if she’d knocked him out, she ran as fast as her legs would take her to her car, unlocking it as she ran. Thankfully, as she was speeding out of that garage, she saw the man standing up, so she hadn’t killed him. There was no way in hell she was going to go home right after that, so she drove to the diner they both frequented and prayed that he would be there. He was.
“ I hit a guy in the head with the wheels of my oxygen tank’s cart. ” She spoke out of breath, beginning to wheeze as the adrenaline wore off and the familiar pressure in her chest made itself known. Pulling out her inhaler from her messenger bag, she shook it frantically before taking a huge puff. “ It was the single most terrifying and badass moment of my life. ”