Accused
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The cop talking to my mother saw the car slow to a halt and immediately gathered himself and his hat and paced quickly to the door opening it, to reveal the Senior Constable of the coast step out.
Then it hit me, the similarity, the jaw, the eyes, the reason behind the sheer number of police presence.
It was his son…
“Put her in the car” he said with a gruff voice. His eyes different yet so similar, these eyes had no spark, no flash, he had nothing.
“What do you think you’re doing!” My mother roared, as a police officer tried to calm her down.
I was lead to the car, shaking as I walked, a breeze had begun to sweep through, chilling me to the bone. I was still not quite dry, the blanket they had offered had been removed from me.
They thought I was the criminal.
The door slammed. Giving me a fright. I looked out the window as it started to rain yet again. My mother joining the downpour, her own tears rolling down her cheeks as she tried to fight off a police officer, a weak attempt to allow for my freedom.
I felt the car start, the engine no longer heard as the rain began to fall even harder, watching the policemen huddle under the tents, one glancing in my direction clearly thinking horrid thoughts.
I leant back, my head craning back against the top of the chair. Thinking the day through.
What had been different, what had changed?
Think.
The trees had swayed as they normally did, the breeze flowed as it always had. The leaves scuttling along the undergrowth as usual. Things only changed when the scraping stopped.
Yet there was no struggle, at least, that i knew of, there was no noise. It was completely silent.
I opened my eyes.
The car was empty.
We were stopped in the middle of nowhere.
Jumping up i pushed myself against the window to see what was outside.
I saw trees, leaves pelting across the road as the wind swept through, rain, water flowing against the curb, stopping to pool around the body, picking up his blood.
I gasped as everything went black.
-Roaring Fox
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My Story: Helpless
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… Leaving in the car 10 minutes later, i looked out to the shops as they passed by, the street lights above flickering across my face as we raced by, i wondered, just wondered, where i was going, and where this would take me…
The radio, murmuring quietly, the soft tones of “Twenty Years” filling the car as we talked quietly, Mel talking about the old days informing me of her initial impressions, the memories created as well as the little things that made the difference to our relationship.
I sighed with content, this was the life, surprises on the way, the girl i had been longing for for a long time after me also. Despite not knowing where surprises lead, i secretly enjoyed them, more than i let on. As much as it annoyed me when Mel had that cheeky knowing grin spread across her whole face.
She slowed the car to a stop, me not paying attention to where we were going, i was still concentrating on her amazing face, her features highlighted in the passing streetlights.
She turned to look at me, realising i was staring, leaned over and kissed me deeply her smiling spreading to show her white, perfect teeth.
Sighing as the lights turned green she moved forward to continue the journey.
“You know, there are other things out there other than me” she joked, chuckling under her breath.
“Not as interesting as you Mel” I whispered.
Bang.
Time slowed down, the impact of the car behind us, spinning us out of control. Hair flying, my hands grasping thin air, reaching the arm rest and grabbing Mel’s leg. Spinning, more and more, looking to my right i see Mel’s eyes, filled with shock, horror and fear of the unknown. Looking to me for a brief second before everything went black, a second Bang To go with it.
My eyes, blurring, unable to focus, floating over the wreckage, two cars, one behind ours, in the middle of the intersection, Mel crouching over something, her body heaving, sobbing, a body.
Mine.
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-Roaring Fox
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