Maria finally understood why Victoria had that weird mix of laughing and crying—who gets hit by their own car while saving a stray? Wild.
"So that crash sound was another car hitting his?" Maria asked.
"Yeah. It was nighttime, and his car’s black. The driver didn’t see it in time and slammed into it. By the time they realized there was a car ahead, it was too late to brake."
"What happened after that?"
"Normally you’d park on the side, right? But he specifically left his car in the middle of the road 'cause he thought it was big enough for people to see. Obviously, that backfired. The guy who crashed into him was actually really decent—helped get him to the hospital and even paid for the first 1,000 bucks of medical expenses."
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