It was a shortcut I had used before, a narrow passage between the back of a furniture shop and a wire fence.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHTWgIeURV
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Beyond the fence was the main road.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77SordLCjs
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Cars.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbHmk4mPYo
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Headlights.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAxMC8wxH5
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People going somewhere.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs06BU19jK
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I could hear tyres pushing through water. The ordinary noise made me feel better, although I was still moving too fast.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbt960JNlf
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At the end of the passage, a gap in the fence opened onto the pavement. Across the road was a petrol station, brightly lit and open all night.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7srsQg7fYX
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I could go inside. Ask someone to call a taxi. Stay there until it arrived.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNwhipPHS7
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I fixed my eyes on the cashier through the glass doors.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtI9zVuNGI
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It hung from a steel frame above the road…76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xIGJAL2k3
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One corner lifted and settled with a metallic slap.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWttGRyzSAP
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I barely noticed it.
I reached the end of the fence.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP11nFkP6DG
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A white van went past. Behind it, the road looked clear.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVJiP8cjLV
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I lifted my foot to step off the kerb.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V5FaZFCMl
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“Stop.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGL2amyjnLc
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It came from right beside my ear.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOHz1wYct5
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The same broken voice. The same little wet catch in the breath.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3HVe4aRKU
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My whole body obeyed before I could think. I stood there with one foot still raised.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjxacXzIgb
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I stood with one of my feet still raised.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ070yOT1nGu
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There was nothing in front of me. No car coming close enough to explain it. Nobody beside me.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvTaIyxRyJ
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But my stomach had pulled tight. My fingers had curled into fists.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aZNA3iH6U
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I put my foot down on the pavement.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFbiCWS9jQ
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A bicycle bell rang on my right.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1BoDmuSd1
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The cyclist came along the kerb, bent over his handlebars, his hood pulled forward against the rain.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIDEKmTrIB
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His front light flickered over my shoes.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9iZ3DOm9n
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He passed close enough that I heard him breathing.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSvLY7fLMu
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Then he rode into the crossing, directly in front of the gap where I had been about to step out.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPG33tIKqj
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Above us, metal tore.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRR7kJWq0F7
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I looked up.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FMC17AGxh
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The advertising panel peeled away from its frame. For an instant, it hung crooked in the air, the last bolt barely holding it in place.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyDYr14Mqr
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The fastening broke.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqO5drOEaZl
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Wind caught the broad sheet and swung its edge down across the crossing.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxeKbvHR3X
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I saw the cyclist lift his face.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33XYu3VYob
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There was a hard, wet impact.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8zhLuZW7D
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Something warm struck the right side of my face.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5j2B7u3BS
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The bicycle continued for a few feet. Its front wheel turned sharply, and the rider folded sideways with it.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmyUI8FsUz
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His hood was gone.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMT9fecfJ7
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So was everything above his collar.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYseRl7BCR
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The panel hit the road with a crash that brought people running from the petrol station.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBhBl3w84k
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I stayed beside the fence.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqysXnTMl7
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Blood ran from my cheek onto my jacket. Rain thinned it into pink lines along my sleeve.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNy4MSoDwtI
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I looked at the place where the cyclist had fallen.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkzAxqZDFc
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Then at my shoes.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJAxW0crwH
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One step.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYqRyz8Zx2
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If I had taken it, my neck would have been in the path of that edge.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiDBThzObO
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Someone across the road screamed. A man was shouting for an ambulance. Cars braked and stopped at awkward angles.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrhSkYAwc7
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I tried to breathe, but the air caught halfway down.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqcR8PBTpN
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I was alive.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OFLtIBkjK
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I kept thinking it, with a horrible little rush of relief that made me ashamed even then.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCeCHR1LxX
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“He” saved me.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaOIxMSiLW
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I was alive, and he had saved me.
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“Oh, dear.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQzDnRGBnV
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The damaged voice spoke beside my ear.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4wsGYCtDI
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“What a pity.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXebWADEHj
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