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No,I want to scream.I’m not okay. I’m in here. I’m trapped.
Help me.
Save me.
“My taillights?” Chris again, sounding angry and confused.
I’m fading. Nothing makes sense. They’re still talking, but I can’t find the focus to hear them. My world is being muffled with white noise. I’m sinking.
Sinking.
Sinking.
The pain that once existed is gone. I feel lighter than air.
As if I’m gone, but not.
Here, but not.
“Listen, we don’t need to get the insurance involved. If we do, it’ll be your fault. You’re just a kid. I remember when I was your age.” Chris. “Seriously, your truck isn’t so bad, and I can afford to have mine fixed. I don’t want this to affect your insurance or for you to go to jail or anything. No harm done.”
“Are you sure? Your car is… I mean, I shouldn’t… We should call the police. Or my mom.”
“I’m positive. I’ll get it taken care of.”
Save me.
Save me.
Save me.
A car door slams. Chris curses again. He roars.
I open my mouth to cry out, to beg the boy to stay. He’s just a boy. Probably around Liam’s age. Seventeen. The age he’ll be forever. If I tried to draw his attention, he could end up dead, too. I can’t do that, but luckily, before I can utter a word or make a decision, darkness and peace like I’ve never known take me under, and I’m gone.
CHAPTERTWENTY-SIX
Save me.
It’s the first conscious thought I have when I wake.
The second is:Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.
The pain radiates through me in waves—terrible one minute, worse the next. I squeeze my eyes closed, trying to make sense of the darkness. Of the pain.
I don’t know what happened or how I got here. Or wherehereis.
My eyes burn. My skin burns. Everything burns.
I feel like I’ve been set on fire.
I wiggle my fingers, relieved to find they’re all in order, though they feel stiff and sort of…off. I try for my toes next, but it’s as if they don’t exist. I don’t know if I’m making any sense. I don’t know why I’m not dead.
It feels very much like I should be dead.
The car isn’t moving.
I don’t know whether that realization should make me relieved or worried, but it successfully manages both.
