Rachel’s Debt (Chapter 1 – The Accident)
It had been a long day at work. Usually, the drive home was enough to clear my head, but tonight some niggling little thought had crawled into my brain. The farther I drove, the more anxious I got, but whatever was bothering me danced just outside the edge of comprehension. Traffic was usually sparse at this time of night, and Idly considered the vehicle I had found myself stuck behind as my mind reeled. It was an older model of the nearly brand-new truck I was driving. There was rust on the tailgate. A dent in the rear bumper. Another car, passing in the opposite direction, lit the cab up and I could see a crack spider-webbing its way across the windshield. Possibly a poor driver, but in these parts, it was more likely the …