Mason
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It was soft, right behind my right ear.
The way my mom talks when she is trying not to scare me.
Tyler, it said again.
You're going too fast.
My uncle must have heard me stop breathing because he started yelling my name through the phone.
I couldn't answer him.
My mouth was open but nothing was coming out.
Then the voice changed.
It became my own voice but quieter.
You hit me.
That was when I started crying.
Not loud crying, just tears coming out while I gripped the wheel so hard my hands hurt.
The headlights behind me were still there.
The voice behind me whispered, You hit me.
Again.
And then something tapped the inside of the passenger window.
I did not look.
I kept my eyes on the road.
My uncle was still on speaker, telling me to keep coming, telling me he had the gate open, telling me not to stop even if something got in front of me.
Something got in front of me.