Valentine's Day, But Make It Trauma
"That's why I didn't leave you farther away. Summer, you never used to be like this. When did you get so cruel?"
Then he slammed the door.
Seconds later, his taillights vanished down the mountain road.
The storm came out of nowhere, turning the dirt road into a river of mud.
One hand over my belly, I dragged myself forward.
The first time I fell, my knee smashed into a rock.
Then I went down twice more.
My fingers clawed through the mud, nails ripping back.
Blood from the cuts on my legs soaked through my pants.
Face-down in the rain, I screamed Adrian's name.