In the backseat of the car, I watched as dad speeds down route 1 while cursing under his breath. Moms eyes are closed but she's not sleeping.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4MUA6vwo9
My little sister and two brothers sit silently beside me. None of them say a word.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5FWKfV1vw
I watched as dad pulls over towards the sound of police sirens. The snow is thick around us yet dad drives off the road and plows through the snow covered grass.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaQh3MFvz8
Two police cruisers join us and dad stops.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8dq2NwykV
Dad tells us to stay put before exiting the car and approaching one of the officers. We waited for a while, everyone watching dad and the police officers.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU0nQKDLM8
One minute, two... Then mom scrambles out of the car when seeing her husband's face fall.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡicj9umWaSv
Dad nearly stumbles, clutching onto mom for support.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡixEvXHjufD
Then mom falls and no one is there to catch her or dad.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXyqlpaYaX
Moms crying. Loud sobs echo through the cold air. I look to my siblings. Silent tears ran down my sister's face. The boys curled around her protectively.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7t9qCENyOF
I started to reach over to comfort them all but then mom and dad at the corner of my eye got up and started to walk away.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46cICapWEF
They were going down the snowy slope to where the actual accident happened.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4C7uYwFWH
Curiosity got the better of me. I don't remember leaving the car but I did and suddenly I was following cautiously behind them.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4bMuNqhme
No other thought filled my head as I descended down the hill towards three bodies laying on the snow. Officers cluttered around them but they couldn't block the sudden chill that slowly grew closer. copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡXql98YkyUY
The sound of ambulance sirens filled the air as they reached the scene, hurdling gurdies out of the trunk.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt3QBxO8cL
They were just about to pass me when everything suddenly stopped.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPQ1BkO1Cb
I turned in confusion, eyeing my parents in front of me, frozen in place. The guys with the gurdie have also froze. Soon I realized that everyone in the whole perimeter had froze and it was only me left.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡgABBKKA4iu
I continued down, passing the gurdie men, my parents, and the officers on parole.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wY6nADbIQ
The moment that came next was mine alone as I faced the bodies in the snow.copyright protection150ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyFNAg8piL
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