Elizabeth Sutton's bruised face popped up from the bushes near the road. She glanced cautiously behind her, before venturing out of the bushes. She saw bright headlights coming down the road, and began jumping and waving franticly for the car to stop. But the car didn't stop, it kept driving past. As it drove past, Liz could hear the music from the car rush past her.
Liz felt tears begin to well up, and she sniffled, trying to stop the tears. She wiped her bloody arm across her runny nose. She refused to cry, she had to remain strong, and she had to remain in control, everything that a Gallagher Girl was. Liz looked up into the sky, wondering why she had left Ellie in the bathroom. Then the sharp pain came again from her sprained ankle, and she remembered why she had left Ellie in the bathroom.
"I just need to get back to her, soon! Or get someone to come, or…just something!" Elizabeth Sutton felt helpless, and hopeless, for the first time in her life. She could usually come up with some gadget which would help her and her friends, but for the first time ever, she wasn't in control, she couldn't do anything to stop what was happening right in front of her.
A car's bright headlights finally broke Liz out of her spell, and she resolutely decided that she would do anything in her power to get this driver to stop.
She ran out, like a wild woman, in front of the car, screaming, "HELP!" and waving her arms wildly, while hopping up and down.
Liz knew that she was probably a sight to scare the living daylights out of anyone, but she didn't care. All she had on her mind, at that second, wasn't whether or not the car would stop, whether she would survive, but it was about getting someone to help and protect her little sister from her father.
The car stopped, and Liz saw a woman quickly get out. The lady ran over to Liz, just as Liz collapsed from the overexertion. As Liz sank to the ground, the lady managed to catch Liz just in time, before she hit the ground.
Liz looked up at the anxious face above her. Her vision was hazy, and slowly dissolving into blackness, but she managed to tell the lady where her house was, just before she passed out.