😲😱The driver next to me was honking persistently and suddenly cut me off։ I expected aggression — but what he stopped me for was scarier than anything I could have imagined.
He appeared suddenly from the side — a black car, intrusive, angry. Short honks hit my nerves, scraps of words flew from the slightly open window. I didn’t understand them, but the intonation was enough. A chill ran down my spine. I gripped the steering wheel tighter: I was scared not only for myself, but also for my little one.
I pretended nothing was happening and increased my speed. My heart was pounding in my temples. But the man didn’t back off. He suddenly lunged forward — and in one motion cut me off. I slammed on the brakes. The car stopped in the middle of the road.
The silence hit harder than a scream.
I sat there, afraid to move. My hands were trembling, my breath was uneven. His car door slammed. He walked quickly, confidently. I expected a hit, a scream, the worst.
😨😵He came almost right up to me. And suddenly — without a word — he did something that shook me more and worse than if he had hit or hurt me.
I felt like I was switched off. I got out of the car, my legs wouldn’t hold me. I collapsed onto the asphalt and began to cry — from the terror I had experienced.
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He came almost completely up — fast, determined. I hadn’t had time to say anything when he suddenly went around the car and looked up. His face changed.
Only then did I understand.
The child car seat was on the roof of the car. Mine. With the same blanket inside, with the toy I placed next to the baby every morning. I had been driving like that for almost 10 minutes. Turns, honks — one sharp maneuver and it would have flown onto the asphalt.
The man grabbed the seat and held it close to him, then turned to me. He said nothing.
And I didn’t need words. My legs gave out. I got out of the car and collapsed onto the asphalt, sobbing, unable to understand how I could have put the most precious thing I have in such a terrifying and absurd danger.
