Chapter 6
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The car's system issued its final warning.
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! DANGER! CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS CRITICAL! OXYGEN CONTENT BELOW 8%! EVACUATE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY! EVACUATE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY!"
The fire roared, and the windows, superheated, began to groan and creak.
Suddenly, I remembered.
Ryan, always paranoid about my safety, had placed an emergency fire extinguisher under my passenger seat.
With my last bit of strength, I dragged it out.
But when I tried to pull the pin, it wouldn't budge.
I looked closer and my blood ran cold.
The pin had been superglued to the handle.
And worse, as I held it, I realized it was completely empty.
Chloe saw what I was holding and burst out laughing.
"Oh, that! I told Jason the other day I'd never actually used a fire extinguisher before and was super curious what it felt like."
"And you know Jason, he'd do anything for me. He showed me how to use it, and... whoops! We accidentally used it all up."
She tilted her head, her expression one of pure, malicious innocence.
"I figured you're such a careful driver, you'd never need it anyway, so I just put it back for you."
Jason stood behind her, not a trace of guilt on his face.
He just ruffled her hair affectionately.
"You're such a handful."
Then, he turned to me, his face a mask of pure exasperation.
"Emma, will you stop this! Are you really going to play this out to the bitter end?"
he yelled.
"Now you've brought out a fire extinguisher? If you keep this up, you're going to get yourself killed for real!"
