The headlights caught the blur too late. Her hands jerked the wheel before she could think, heart slamming against her ribs. The world tipped- metal shrieked, glass fractured, gravity twisted her sideways. Then stillness. Her breath came in ragged gasps, the smell of smoke and dirt heavy in her lungs. The deer was gone, vanished into the trees as if it had never been there. She stared at the spiderweb crack in the windshield, trembling, trying to piece together how something so quick, so small, had flipped her whole world upside down.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMCXoVDg3I
He saw the flashing lights from the end of the street, the kind that made your stomach drop before your brain caught up. Her car- his old car- on its side against the ditch, glass glittering like frost in the grass. For one awful second, he didn’t see her. Then a shape moving near the road, blanket around her shoulders, too small, too still. The officer said “a deer,” and he nodded, but the word barely registered. All he could think was how close the metal had come to crushing her, how thin the line was between ordinary and never again.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpaIZi3kDf
I was walking my dog when it happened- a squeal of tires, then the sound of breaking, rolling, something final. Dust rose over the road like a ghost. I ran without thinking, the leash burning my palm. The car lay sideways in the ditch, engine hissing, one tire still spinning. The girl inside looked stunned, eyes wide and unfocused, like she hadn’t realized she was still alive. When her door finally gave, she crawled out, shaking, staring into the woods where the deer had fled. I followed her gaze but saw nothing- just the dark line of trees, quiet and untouched.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplzgL0sXxE
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