Mason
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
About a month later, I was leaving work in the afternoon.
Broad daylight.
People everywhere.
Cars moving through the parking lot.
I walked out with two co-workers, and we were laughing about something stupid that had happened inside.
I got to my car, unlocked it, and saw three dusty marks on the passenger window.
Three small prints, not fingerprints.
Not paw prints either.
Just three oval smudges lined up at the same height, like something hard had touched the glass three times.
I wiped them off with my sleeve and drove home before dark.
I don't take that road at night anymore.
I don't care if it adds twenty minutes.
I don't stop for animals after sunset.
I don't care how dead they look.
I don't care if they are in the middle of the lane.
I slow down, go around and keep driving.
If that makes me a bad person, fine.
I'll live with that.
I also don't use speakerphone in the car at night if I'm alone.
That sounds stupid.