Johnny hopped in. “Gun it, Euphoria!”
The hot, 375-horsepower Cadillac roared, but she pressed the brakes at a screeching metal sound.
“Door’s jammed! It got caught on the sidewalk!”
Euphoria screamed. “What the hell you doin’ to my car!?”
“It don’t matter! Gun it, or the cops will catch us!”
She put her long, pink fingernails up to her face. Tears streamed down. “Oh no, my baby!”
The cops caught up, guns at the ready. They saw Euphoria’s tears and manhandled Johnny out. “Hijacking a car and robbing a bank!? You’re going to jail for a long time, bub!”
This was written for the Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Prompt, Jam. I remembered this scene in one of my favorite movies, Black Dynamite, where the baddies pull up to the curb and precipitate a shootout, but they forget their car is in drive. One of the open doors screeches up against the sidewalk and they struggle to get the door closed when they’re making their getaway. So I just hijacked that idea and turned it into what I wanted!
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Nice one.
Thank you!
And from that moment on, she had no idea who Johnny was. 😀
Fun story.
That is correct! He was just a hijacker! Thanks for stopping by!
Well I’d guess that was quite a pickle of a jam 😀
Lol, yeah! Though I guess Euphoria got out ok!
“Brilliantly done” of course I’m addressing the young lady at the wheel..
She was a smooth operator!
note! the first thing that comes to my mind when I think “jam” – nicely done!
Haha, you think of getting your door stuck on sidewalk first…?
no, not that either! 🙂
Ooh, I loved the action, and the imagery is so vivid. Well done.
Thank you!
Ha ha ha, poor guy, left to face the consequences alone 🙂
I agree! Such a misfortune!
Great name for the moll. Now I wonder if she’ll be found out.
Haha, I dunno – I think it depends on the time period!
Nice scene hijacking, H.R.R. for your flash! That screech would be an awful sound to a Cadillac loving woman.
I just had to use a big car with a big profile and a big cost! I liked how Euphoria turned out from these details, too!