Felix hadn’t meant to drop his phone. It was an instinct– a sudden, gut-wrenching instinct that forced his entire body into motion before his brain caught up with the events.
The girl was standing just there, stepping onto the asphalt, her eyes locked on the ice cream cone melting and dripping down her arm.
She seemed to be around nineteen years of age, and yet, it was like she had no awareness of her surroundings at all.
A semi-truck barreled down the street, horn blaring… heading right at her.
“No!”
Felix didn’t think or hesitate before he dashed forward, his boots pounding against the pavement, trying to go as fast as he could. At the last moment, his hand closed around her wrist, yanking her towards himself with all the strength in his body.
The girl screamed, not knowin
