The storm had no mercy.Rain pounded against the windshield, hard and heavy, like the sky was determined to drown the world. The wipers fought desperately, but they couldn’t keep up. Jade clenched the steering wheel, heart racing, her GPS spinning wildly as the signal dropped out again.Then the engine sputtered.Coughed.Died.“Fuck,” she hissed, slamming her palm against the wheel. “Not now.”She coasted to the side of the narrow road, her headlights dimming as the car gave up. Darkness swallowed her, broken only by distant flashes of lightning. Her phone showed no bars. No signal. No help.She sat in the silence, breathing hard, until she spotted it.A flicker of orange light a few blocks up. A neon sign barely hanging off a steel building. It glowed in flickering letters: AUTO SERVICE. Nothing more. Just that. A garage in the middle of nowhere.She hesitated. She didn’t know the town. Didn’t know if it was safe. But she knew she didn’t want to sit here alone in the rain.She grabb
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