You don’t always get to choose your final words. Sometimes, you don’t know it’s the end. When it’s all over and there’s no chance for a last goodbye. They hit the water and the force knocked Laurie forward and into the dashboard. Her head spun as water began pooling around her feet instantly. She looked over to the driver’s side and saw David was out cold. Blood dripping down his face. She tried to open the door, but it wouldn’t move. The window was open, the river rushing in. Her vision blurred. She turned around slowly but couldn’t see a thing. Only darkness. Shadows. Ghosts. She couldn’t see her children. Her two boys, sitting in the back. She wanted to see them. One last time. Her last thoughts as unconsciousness took her were of her family. At least they were all together. She couldn’t even say sorry. And as the water filled her lungs and she couldn’t breathe any longer, she thought of nothing but the fact she had failed them all. Anthony was up there somewhere, she knew. Watching them die. He had won. She had always been his.
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