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My hands shake as I search for my phone. It's stuck somewhere in my broken car, but I need to find it. I need to call someone.382Please respect copyright.PENANAmLyptGMccD
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A sick feeling fills my stomach and throat, and I wonder if I'm going to throw up.382Please respect copyright.PENANAr2GKWwS8Wo
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But then I hear it.382Please respect copyright.PENANAmXlmJtC41X
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The vibration.382Please respect copyright.PENANAeB4wVu0JnD
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The screen lights up, and I see that my phone is on the floor on the passenger side. I grab it and look at the incoming text from Dakota.382Please respect copyright.PENANAz6fW40UVWJ
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Where are you?382Please respect copyright.PENANA4VjUu0Y5Pk
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My body aches as I pull myself out of the wreckage, then look around. The road is empty, except for the snow and the red droplets.382Please respect copyright.PENANApyulrF7P3b
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It's blood.382Please respect copyright.PENANAs03J1clVne
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I use my phone as a flashlight and start to walk, snow crunching under my boots. It's the only sound. The night is still, even the animals are quiet. They all heard the crash, and hid.382Please respect copyright.PENANAIT2G1Xr5zU
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I want to hide.382Please respect copyright.PENANAAXXNUx0PDQ
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I look at my phone, at the unanswered text, and my eyes fill with tears. I can't tell her what happened. She knew I left after I had a few beers.382Please respect copyright.PENANAmCTwXe1lIQ
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I shouldn't have gotten behind the wheel.382Please respect copyright.PENANAeH4mPkO2Ib
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The droplets of blood form a trail now, that stretches along the fork in the road.382Please respect copyright.PENANAKpAHg28oY7
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I go left, and then I see him. He's face down in the snow, his body twisted, bloody, and bruised. He's wearing a big jacket, and I can't see his face.382Please respect copyright.PENANAHJm3bWJeV8
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What if he's someone I know?382Please respect copyright.PENANASaQLBXGIRe
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That thought fills me with dread.382Please respect copyright.PENANAHhem2cxjkU
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He isn't moving, and I know why. The impact of the front of the car, his body slamming against the windshield, that's why.382Please respect copyright.PENANAuhnFkbTbF4
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He's dead.382Please respect copyright.PENANARiUZuTxMok
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I kneel down in the snow, and the cold crawls up my body, but I barely feel it.382Please respect copyright.PENANAzYqVIzGJ0w
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I close my eyes, and the wind howls in my ears.382Please respect copyright.PENANAwl4PvepLcZ
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It whispers killer to me.