Escape - 10

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Miscalculation

　Yuzuru headed for the garage, believing that his plan would succeed. He got into his older brother Mitsuru's left-hand-drive Mercedes Benz, took a deep breath, and turned the key. The roaring sound of the engine echoed through the garage. He released the handbrake, slowly put the shift lever in D range, and stepped on the accelerator.

　Yuzuru lightly raised his left hand in greeting to Satomi, and the large Mercedes Benz SL slowly slid out of the garage as if to intimidate the other cars. Once there, we took the long way around and approached the home of Mitsuru's mistress, Yuko, from the opposite direction. This was always the case. It would take about 20 minutes if he went directly from Mitsuru's house, but he did not know who might see him. We take the main road, Route 246, and go around to the other side of the mountain road, which is also a loophole, and come back to the house. Yuzuru is always very cautious.

　After a while, Yuzuru identified a tunnel that curved to the left. I entered the tunnel, thinking that they were working on the ditch today. Near the exit, Yuzuru focused his eyes to the left ahead to check the ditch on the left side. When Yuzuru thought that it was under construction after all, he stepped on the accelerator pedal in a hurry. Yuzuru felt it was a bad idea and hurriedly turned the steering wheel to the left. However, he did not make it in time and collided with something. He was meditating at the moment of the collision, so he did not confirm what he hit. Anyway, only his instinct that it was not a good idea to stay in this place supported his action. Yuzuru stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake and made the instantaneous decision to drive away.

　Yuzuru looked slightly behind him in the rearview mirror as he drove away. He recognized then that he had hit a car, and his heart beat felt like a drum. As it was, he rounded the curve, and when he no longer felt the presence behind him, he returned to his normal pulse and slowed down to below the speed limit, trying to be inconspicuous.

　At any rate, the Mercedes Benz didn't seem to be too damaged. Just as he thought he was going to get away with it, he saw the lights of headlights approaching the curve behind him. However, Yuzuru had no idea that the car he had just hit was following him, so he decided to let it go ahead of him and slowed down even more. As he did so, sure enough, the car coming from behind passed him. Just as he thought he had passed the car, it suddenly spun out and stopped right in front of him, and once again Yuzuru's heart started racing so fast he thought he could hear it.

"Oh no, it looks like the car I just hit. It was chasing us.”

　The young looking man gets out of a stopped car and approaches. For some reason, he comes to the opposite side of the driver's seat and taps on the window. Yuzuru thought that it would be disadvantageous to move on his own, so he decided to watch for a while. After a while, he came to Yuzuru's side. Yuzuru was nervous inside, wondering if he was going to hit me.

"What are you doing? You bumped into me and now you're running away?"
“…”  (I didn't want to run away, but I wanted to avoid trouble.)
"Let me see your driver's license.” The young man said.
“…”  (I have a no choice. It's not good if they don't find out.)

　Yuzuru took a clutch bag from the glove box, carefully removed the driver's license from it, and gently handed it to the young man through the window. Inwardly, Yuzuru hoped he would not notice.

"You're going to have to get down there, anyway. From there.”
“…”  (Not good. We need to avoid the bright place.)
"I've checked your driver's license, so give it up. Let's call the police and have them come over.” A young man said.
"Please don't call the police.”  (It's bad enough that the police are coming, we have to do something about it.)
"What nonsense are you talking about? You hit my car like this. You understand”
"Then I'll give you this car and you can pretend it never happened. Please”  (I don't think he would listen to such a request.)
"Don't be silly, come on down.” The young man was angry. Yuzuru got out of the car.
"I'm going to call the police because there should be a pay phone nearby. Would you like to come with me to make the call?” The young man said to Yuzuru.
"No, I'll wait here.” (There's no way I could go with you to such a bright spot.)
"I understand. Then please wait for me. In the meantime, hand me your car keys.”
"Here you are. “ (While the young man is calling the police, we'll try to figure out a way to break the ice.)

　As it is, if the driver's license is revealed to be that of his brother Mitsuru, all plans will go awry. On top of that, Yuzuru's position would become worse. Yuzuru thought about it and decided that this was a bad idea.

　Yuzuru thought that since he had already given his driver's license and car keys to the young man, he would have to disappear somehow. Since the driver's license belongs to his older brother Mitsuru, he has no choice but to ask him to clean up the mess. Yuzuru felt that he had no choice but to postpone his plan until the accident was settled.

　This place is right next to the house of his older brother Mitsuru's mistress. Yuzuru thought that he would call his older brother Mitsuru and ask Yuko to come and pick him up and disappear. Then, Yuzuru thought that if he could get his older brother Mitsuru to turn himself in tomorrow morning, he might be able to handle the accident. Yuzuru thought that he would decide whether or not he would carry out his plan again after seeing how it went.

　Yuzuru desperately thought of a countermeasure. To do so, he had to do something about the clutch bag, too, or he would not be able to give it to his brother Mitsuru with the evidence of the fraud in it. Yuzuru had no choice but to come up with the idea of putting it in the young man's car. To the young man, it is a meaningless note and has no use. Hopefully, time would pass unnoticed. Yuzuru thought he would try to figure out a way to get it back either before or after the car was repaired. Not wanting to get his fingerprints on the note, Yuzuru slipped the entire clutch bag into the back pocket of the passenger seat of the young man's car. Yuzuru thought the idea came from an instinct to somehow avoid being backed into a corner at the last minute. It may not be an idea, but it may be a bad idea.
The young man returned with a phone call.

"I'm sorry. I'll go make a call too.” (All right, let's cut through this.)
"Oh, here you go. It's just around the bend.” The young man responded without question.

　Yuzuru walked slowly until he was out of sight of the young man, and once out of sight, he hurried to the phone booth. Then, once in the phone booth, he hurriedly turned the dial.

"Hello, Yuko, this is Yuzuru. I actually crashed Mitsuru's car and they suppressed his license and car. I need you to come and pick me up, right away. I'm in a phone booth on the other side of the street from there in the direction you go into town, so once you get close, I want you to turn off your lights and approach me. The person I hit is waiting for me around the bend, and I don't want him to notice me.”
"Oh, It would be very bad if I got caught. I'll be right there. I'll be there in five minutes. Wait there."

　Yuzuru felt that it was a tremendously long five minutes. Yuko's car, which seemed to be a mini-car, approached and turned off its lights. It must have been Yuko's car. The road was barely visible by the light from the telephone booth. Yuzuru got into the car that beckoned him.

"Thank God, let's make a U-turn and get the hell out of here."

to be continued

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