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Decker

As I drove hoht back froht my eye What the hell was that? Couldn’t be a deer, not in these parts It wasn’t big enough to be a cow, unless it was a damn skinny one

I stopped the truck and cliht be a mannequin someone had tossed by the road, until it started to moan

“What in the—” I rushed over and saas a wonize her She was pretty enough that if she was from around here, I sure as hell would’ve

“Don’t move,” I said when the woman tried to sit up I leaned down farther and eased my hand under her head “Can you tell me what happened?”

“I have to go,” she cried, trying again to move “He’ll kill me”

“Who’s gonna kill you?”

“My…”

The woone perfectly still

“Lord in heaven,” I whispered out loud as I felt for a pulse at the sa Neither were present I pulled out my phone, called nine-one-one, and then lifted the wohtly to open her airway

“Nine-one-one operator What’s your eency?”