The Friday of her date with Valerie, Sam drove Emily and Dax to school as usual. This was the one year they were both in middle school, which made the morning easier for Sam time-wise. The sun was just a pink glimmer in the sky as Sam and the kids turned onto the main street of the town, which led to the middle school.
Dax poked her in the shoulder. “Mom, look. What’s going on over there? You think it’s an accident?”
Sam followed the direction of her son’s attention and saw what looked like a car accident on the far side of the road. Her best guess was a truck had crashed and dumped some furniture in the road, which in turn caused something of a pile up. She determined to drive straight through and avoid any trouble.
Then Dax screamed, and Sam saw a blur of movement coming toward the ca
