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My phone rings on the chair beside ain He hasn’t stopped calling, and that’s probably because I haven’t seen him or spoken to hi to do, but I’ure my mind out before I can co to co?

God, I’ it up and pressing it tothis, because it isn’t safe I need to focus onlike it has been, I’ to loseone hand on the wheel andrunts "You’re honestly going to act like this?"

"Yes I a my eyes on the road

"Talk tountil you do"

"Talk to you about what, Rainer? How you’re in love with a woo of, yet you want to keep me around for what, exactly? Fun?"

"Don’t," he warns "You know I care about you"

"No, you care for the person I used to be The memory You don’t care about me now, Rainer, because you don’t even knowoes silent

"My point exactly Now I’h feeeks, you hearyour way, but what do you expect?"

"My way?" I snap "Are you serious? How has any of this goneat rowl "Don’t"

He starts answering but I lose focus of what he’s saying because there’s a pair of headlights coht at me It takes me a few moments to realize this, but they’re definitely onoff the side of the road I briefly hear Rainer yell my name before my phone flies from my hand and my car soars off the side of the road

I put both hands on the wheel, trying to get control, but I can’t see downto die My car slams into a tree with such force I’oes black, but not before the airbag coto focus It feels like I’ve just woken after running a marathon My eyes are blurred and I can hear loud, horribly annoying beeping coain so above me It takes a ets clearer and clearer, I realize I’?"

I turnat ot a clipboard pressed to her chest and she’s s

"What happened?" I croak

"You were in an accident Can you see clearly?"

I nod "It’s getting better with each passing second"

"Good, and can you tell me your name and date of birth?"

I rattle them off

"Do you remember what happened?"

I closeto Rainer on the phone when a car came onto my side of the road I was in a car accident

"I had a car accident," I choke out, my voice thick with eery because there was a little internal da is looking good; you’re very lucky to be alive The doctor will be inhave I been in here?" I whisper

"Only one night You have friends waiting outside Should I send them in?"