"Please! I'm just working!" the rider pleaded, twisting beneath the weight pressing him against the road.
"You should've just stayed put."
The robber bent down, seized him by the collar, and dragged him back toward the stranded vehicles. The rider clawed desperately at the asphalt, trying to find something to hold on to, but his efforts only slowed the robber for a moment before he was hauled forward again.
Sarah felt her stomach tighten as she watched. The delivery rider hadn't attacked anyone or even attempted to fight back. He had simply tried to escape, and that alone had been enough to provoke the robber into treating him like an example for everyone else.
