Malik is having a bad night. Can he flip it? Driving in storms can be hazardous...Up ahead the empty road beckoned. He didn’t remember getting this far. His turmoil of thoughts carried him so close to home.
He punched his foot down, seeking one last push of high before slowing down to turn into his driveway.
The light changed. Red glared, waving like a spectral omen on the coastal wind.
Lightning flashed, blinding him briefly, then…
A scream and sudden flash of movement surrounded by blue.
He braked hard, unsure of the apparition. Tires squealed. Lexee lost her grip on the wet pavement, spinning rakishly. Rotating the wheel opposite to Lexee’s motion, visions of his life flashed before his eyes.
He expected a crash. None came.
Silent stillness…
Breathing hard, grateful for continued life, he reached for the door handle. The scream echoed in his mind, horror at possibilities out in the wet world compelled him forward. He stepped out, instantly soaked, feet moving of their own volition.
His heart shook…
Blackness engulfed the world beyond the blue white lights shining from his car. He froze, unable to make his body move through the shock wrapping his brain.
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