Chapter Seven
Tired from working all day, the driver of the van was an emotional mess. His kids were in the back seat, scared and arguing, and his wife sat next to him crying. He seldom came to this side of town and wasn’t familiar with the mall. All he knew was that he had to find some buses that would take him and his family away from the lives they’d built.
At the last minute, Lucy heard the sound of brakes locking up—right before the van impacted her door at over thirty miles per hour. Something hard slammed into her side, and she felt extreme pain and heard the sound of her brother's scream as glass from her window exploded all around her. The car slid sideways, pushed by the van. Lucy had been in the middle of a right-hand turn, which elevated her left arm away from her side. If no
