Trailing behind: The Car Trailing Behind Judith and Emeka

Trailing behind

Dithira Hettiarachchi
Who is that trailing behind you and will never overtake you? We started this journey at Abak Iken Junction, and uptill now, I can notice that this vehicle is still trailing behind you. Do you know the number, or can you recognise the colour of the car and the owner? inquired Judith.

At that prompt, Emeka looked through the side mirror but couldn’t recognise anything. That prompt from his friend Judith worsened the situation. He increased the speed while Judith became his information minister at any given request.

They tried to distract themselves by talking about other things rather than the vehicle trailing behind them. However, their anxiety grew when, at Emeka’s request, Judith confirmed the same vehicle still trailing behind them.

At that point, they were visibly troubled and panicking. Judith suggested that they pull up along the corner of the road to confront the vehicle owner. But Emeka objected, asking what if they had bad intentions, what if they got harmed, what if this, what if that?
This terrified Judith the more, and she screamed, pleading with Emeka to pull off the road. Let what will be, be,

At that point, Emeka had no choice but to pull off the road, and so also the vehicle trailing behind them. The occupants of the car pulled up, and behold, Emeka and Judith were speechless with what they saw.

Ebuka, a long-time friend and former colleague of Emeka, was the one trailing behind them.

The rest is history.

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