C29 Twenty nine

The Escape

Keisha’s heels clicked against the pavement as she ran, her breath coming in harsh gasps. The cold night air burned her lungs, but she didn’t dare slow down. The city was alive with the hum of traffic, the occasional blare of a horn, but all she could focus on was the rapid thud of her own heartbeat.

She clutched her phone in a death grip, her thumb hovering over the screen