Merissa's last memory was of conversing with Jim when, abruptly, a pickup truck emerged from the bend in the road, rapidly approaching her.
With no opportunity to respond, a curse had left her mouth. Merissa remembered she had found herself in a perilous situation as the fast-approaching pickup truck loomed ahead. Despite her best efforts, she had struggled to find a viable escape route. Fueled by desperation, she had made a split-second decision to veer her car to the right, hoping to scrape by the truck and into the nearby trees, hoping to avoid a catastrophic head-on collision. However, the close call had left her feeling exasperated, and she had let out a few frustrated curses. When she had turned towards the right at the last moment, Merissa had felt as if the pick-up truck had serv
