She ran to the open gate,
hearing the lonesome sound of its squeaking metal hinge as the sinister breeze
pushed it open even wider. Her chest was heavy and heaving, and she clutched at
her blouse, trying to hold in her heart. Arching her hand over her eyes, she
squinted into the sun and looked down the gravel road. He surely wouldn’t have
gotten out on the road, she’d always warned the children about the dangers.
The dismal dust flying,
tossing its heinous corrosion into the air, caught her eye first. The car was
approaching at an insurmountable speed, waggling across the road and ditches,
out of control. Her little boy’s succulent blond head, bobbing up and down by
the edge of the ditch—playing and chattering—caught her eye next.
In warped, slow motion
speed …her world crumbled. Her heart, viciously ripped out of her chest, fell
mangled to the ground …writhing, flailing …dirtied up with gravel.
She couldn’t get to him
fast enough. Just like those horrible nightmares that leave you frozen and
motionless, she struggled to move—felt like her feet wouldn’t carry her off to
her own death.
“Cody!” Terrorized, she
screamed, but couldn’t hear her own voice. “Cody! No! Please, Cody, no!”
The car was so close and
the dust so thick that, even when she ran to him, she couldn’t see. She only
knew that the distance between the end of her world and the out of control car
was merely inches.
After the dust settled,
the only thing she could see was the dizzying black spots flashing in front of
her eyes. Her vision was gone, and her legs were about ready to let go—even
they had given up. Barely standing, she could hear the blood whooshing in her
ears while she tried to focus, searching for him.
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