He took a hand off the wheel to squeeze her shoulder. "Take a deep breath and calm down."

He didn't want to deal with her panicking and screaming while they're driving. It would be incredible distracting. He let go of her shoulder, pulled his gun from the holster and rolled down his window.

"I'm going to shoot their tires and then we're going to make a quick turn and head back to town. You need to duck down so they can't shoot through your window, okay?"