I didn't die that day.
Before the car was swallowed by the mud and debris, I shoved the door open and rolled down the embankment.
Later, I crawled behind a protruding rock and clung tightly to one of the roadside safety posts, listening as the pink electric car behind me was swept away by the raging mudflow.
Before my phone was ruined by the water, I managed to send my location to Claire.
By the time the rescue helicopter found me, dawn had already broken.
The rain had stopped for a while, leaving the valley thick with the stench of mud and gasoline.
Sitting on the stretcher, I looked at the crushed car in the distance.
All I felt was a strange, hollow calm.
Nathan hadn't come to save me.
And he would never get another chance to.
Claire helped keep all records of my hospitalizati
