His Wife, Her Lover, And The Lies

roar, a wall of sound and

my lungs

g outside the windows. The smell of

happeni

nger seat, her voice sharp with

t attendant lover, just grunted. "

fallen log, the dead en

life, I died

irt road. The truck slammed into the log with a cru

ent blurry

The idiot crashed the t

me out of the truck and into th

e was di

enched open. Jessica's face w

Liam! Dyla

n was already out of the back, clutchi

. The new one." It was a top-of-the-line model, something

the truck bed. She saw it

helter, ripped it from its case, and t

t even lo

" I asked, the words fee

, a monster breathing down our

ver there!" she yelled, point

ward the rocks. I followed, my body screaming

ered some protection, but there was a gap. A gap whe

an cried from under

en she looked at me. Her expr

r voice suddenly cal

at her.

ll stop the heat. It's the o

sn't a

carpenter, strong from years of work. But

ed me int

e hot rock. The other side

er rock against my che

ylan. "It's okay, baby. It's okay. He's

fire

ming agony. My clothes vanished. My skin blistered,

n end, I heard the faint

e roar. "We've got one

ing I heard before t