Hope shattered like glass in the dark. Sirens faded, but the questions stayed, clinging to the town like fog. No one talks about the forest after sunset without lowering their voice. Parents count heads twice, then once more, just in case. Tires slow at the bend where the guardrail is still new, still shining, as if it remembers. The road waits, the woods wat… Continues…
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