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I Fell in Love with Hope - Lancali

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There was a noise, wheels swerving out of the way. I turned to look.

A large metal thing hurled in my direction. Then, I was whiplashed.

Someone grabbed ahold of my wrist and hoisted me out of the way.

I was on the side of the road, a body on top of mine, shielding me.

He was out of breath, his head in the crook on my neck and

shoulder, one of his knees between my legs like he’d fallen, getting

me out of the way.

“My sweet Sam,” he panted, raising his face to look down at me. He

dried my tears, his still fresh, burning as they dripped onto my

cheeks. “I’ve got you,”

he said, shushing me as I began to cry. “You’re okay. I’ve got you.”

“Why did she die?” I sobbed. He pulled me up into his arms. I kept

crying till night came, and he was all I had left to hold. “Why did she

have to die?” I asked again, over and over. “Why does everyone

die?”

He never answered me.

The emptiness that question left behind still sits like a hollow place

where my heart should lie.

The memory flashes by in a second. That’s all it takes. The same

force that pushed me down back then does again. Only this time, it’s

not on a dirt road.

It’s one made of asphalt and concrete, busy as the sidewalk traffic.

The sun flashes, a car honks. My eyes shut tight, ready for the

impact.

“Sam!”

But the car never hits. Instead, I feel a warmth like no other tense

around my wrist. My breath hitches. It’s as though I’m breaking the

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