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I hadn’t realized how high and alarmed my voice was starting to sound until I had Loki walking down the dock towards me.
The mom didn’t die, did she? Did something happen after the wreck?
Loki came to a stop a few inches away from me and waited.
“Yeah, the girl you were talking to, her mom died after being ejected from the car. The dad met the daughter at the emergency room later that night. Supposedly, he’s some big wig in congress. It’s all over the news,” she said slowly.
“I’ll call you back,” I said quickly before hanging up.
“What is it?” He asked as soon as the phone was away from my ear.
“That girl I was speaking with yesterday...did you see her?” I asked.
He nodded. “Sure, but I didn’t stay very long. I checked the mom, too. She was DOI,” he said warily.
“DOI?” I asked.
“Dead on impact,” he confirmed.
“Wait...what?” I asked, running my hands through my hair.
The band holding it up came loose, and my long locks tumbled free, but I paid them no mind.
“She was dead. She wasn’t wearing her seatbelt. Went through the passenger side window when the truck hit her. Then her body made contact with the ground. Her injuries were incompatible with life,” he confirmed.
My eyes must have shown my horror and sorrow, because he pulled me into his arms and wrapped me up tight.
“She...she thanked me for watching over her little girl. Was that not the mom?” I asked.
I was blubbering now, barely making any sense. Loki understood me, though. At least for the most part, anyway.
“Who thanked you? Whoever it was wasn’t the mom, though. The mom was...” I slapped my hand over his mouth, stopping him from saying she was dead again.
Pulling out my phone, I googled the accident, and the first thing I saw was the young girl I’d helped, as well as her father, the senator’s devastated face as he gave a press conference earlier that morning.
Clicking on the video clip, I watched in silence as the Senator, Malcom Young, thanked the city and state police, the first responders, and that ‘special young woman’ who made a difference at the time his daughter needed it the most.
Then, the man’s wife was on the screen. The same woman I’d had thank me after I’d left the scene.
“That’s her,” I said, pausing it and showing it to Loki. “That’s the woman who thanked me.”
He looked at the phone, then at me. Then he shook his head. “That’s fucked. That’s the same woman who was dead. There’s no way she spoke to you. Her brains were splattered on the...”
I turned around and sprinted up the dock and into the house, passing a concerned looking Andrea on my way.
I made it to the bathroom just in time to drop down on my knees and throw up the remainder of my lunch that hadn’t had the chance to digest yet.
“I’m fucking nuts,” I said once I caught my breath.
When I finally got my bearings, I stood, surprised to find that Loki hadn’t followed me.
When I flushed and washed my hands, I went to find him and didn’t have to look far.
I found him staring at the TV, watching a breaking news cast with the phone to his ear.
“No, Trance. How would he know where we are? My mom’s name is changed. They live in a new house. I didn’t take my bike. I’m not wearing anything that identifies me. I’m safe. Keep an eye on Big Red, though. He may be able to take care of himself, but it’s betterto be safe than sorry, right?” He relayed into the phone.
He snorted. “I’d check his friends. Tell the DA to make a deal with them, too, if they’re willing to give away anything on his whereabouts. Dortea will do it. Plus, he doesn’t have much else to go on. He wants me and he won’t be able to find me.”
