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"Then you should know, the color is Blast Orange, the same as their logo."

Through gritted teeth, I said, "Andyoushould know that I’mnotin a good mood. So get out."

"No,youget out."

"Forget it," I told her. "I'm not going anywhere."

Maybe I was being foolhardy, but the way I saw it, I'd be evenmorefoolhardy to give up the vehicle, along with all of my belongings, just because two idiots in masks decided they wanted to take the Blast-Mobile for a spin.

Or maybe I'd simply had enough.

I told them, "So get out before I call the police."

But theydidn'tget out. Instead, the guy turned forward and shifted the vehicle into drive.

Again, I yelled, "What are you doing?"

"I'm getting the hell out of here."

"Why?"

"So the police don't catch us."

Oh, for God's sake."I haven't called themyet,"I said. "Just let me out." I paused. "Wait, no. I mean,youget out!"

But already, the guy was pulling forward.Shit.Way too late, I recalled that I'd shoved my cellphone back into my purse, which I'd stupidly left in the passenger's seat.

Was she sitting on it right now?

Probably.

The female looked to the male and said, "Hey, I wanna drive!"

"Forget it," he said. "You drive like shit in the snow."

"I do not!"

"Oh yeah?" he said. "Tell that to my truck."

"Hey, that wasn't my fault!"

"Well, it sure as hell wasn'tmyfault."

I spoke up. "I don't care whose fault it is. Stop the car!"

In the passenger's seat, the female made a scoffing sound. "It's called an SUV, you know."

I blinked. "What?"

Her tone grew snotty. "Youcalled it a car. But it's not."

Well, this was just terrific."Yeah, butIonly called it that because that's whatyoucalled it."

"When?" she demanded.

"When you first showed up.Uninvited, by the way."

"Yeah. Well, maybe it wasyouwho was uninvited. You ever think ofthat?"