“Am I willing to jump from a moving car?” I asked myself and myself said “Absolutely”. I looked over at Eddie as he drove the car and once again realized this could turn out badly for me.
It started with a friend Dave and his girlfriend Debbi. Eddie was a friend of theirs and one weekend they had invited me to spend the day with them in the city. To my surprise, when I arrived ready to go, they introduced me to Eddie and informed me he was going with us. I wasn’t thrilled—I was worried this was a setup. I made it clear to my friends that if they had hopes about anything happening between me and Eddie, they needed to adjust their expectations.
They assured me it wasn’t about that. My friend explained Eddie was a young guy from a small town who my friend had taken under his wing. They were just trying to get him out for the weekend to get him to meet people.
I got a very bad vibe from Eddie. He raised the hair on the back of my neck. I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t be alone with…




