Chapter 1

Ellie slowly sank into herself ignoring the buzzing voice across the desk from her. The man was slowly turning red but she had completely shut down her ears and ignored everything he said after the words "We need to talk about your attendance." She knew he was going to really reprimand her this time but honestly why should she care? It's not like she tried to be late. She was forgetful. You can't plan for being really forgetful. She had tried - and forgotten to plan ahead. She seemed to sink further and further inside herself and lost her surroundings completely while she went over a scene that she had gone through several hundred times.

This morning she woke up late because she forgot to set her alarm last night. Then she could find her keys, then her shoes, then she didn't know where her badge was ... without her badge she couldn't get INTO work so there was no leaving without it... one thing after another... after another... it was always the same.

Ellie was snapped back to reality and realized that her boss was standing by the door and pointing outside... uh oh... and then he said it.

"Elise I'm not going to keep making excuses for you I know your life has been hard but I need dependable employees! Clean out your desk!"

Ellie stood and left... she had packed her desk before the meeting so she grabbed her box and walked out.

Once she was in front of the office building she sighed loudly, walked over to the trash bin and unceremoniously dropped the box into the trash... or at least she tried. In reality she had partially missed the trash can and her box of desk stuff had bounced and launched into the busy street. Ellie's eyes bulged and she instinctively dashed to pick up the "mess" she had made unknowingly running right in front of an oncoming car.

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Michael saw this box of stuff bounce out in front of his car and hit the breaks even though he knew there was no way he would stop in time and to his horror a young lady dashed out for the thing! How stupid did you have to be! There were no possessions worth losing your life and this road was always busy!! Michael had already been trying to stop and now he really payed on those breaks but didn't have time to stop and just stared at the young woman while time seemed to slow down because of the horror they were both experiencing. Michael had the moment before impact etched in his mind and for as long as he lived he wouldn't be able to get her face in that moment to leave him.

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Ellie heard the cars tires squeal and a cold terror cane over her. Her head snapped up to look at the oncoming car and she locked eyes with Michael. Her bright green eyes became wide as her strawberry blonde hair blew out in a curtain from her quick motion. She turned white with fear as all the blood drained from her cheeks and barely had time to lift her arm to shield herself before the car hit her hip with a sickening crunch and her torso cracked down on the hood.

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