Chapter 04| Memories
"I don't know what I'm supposed to do,
haunted by the ghost of you..."
— The Night We Met, Lord Huron
✯ Rune ✯
The night of the accident
"Noves, I'm worried sick please call me back. You said you'd be home by midnight and it's 2:34 am I'm coming for you" I say to her voicemail
I have a feeling something is wrong. Cadence called me while they were at the party saying they fought and Nova was wasted
It struck me as weird. She never drinks more than she can handle. Never even lets herself be tipsy, she likes control too fucking much for that.
I throw my phone to the passenger seat and groan when it falls to the slit beside the passenger seat
My hands grip the steering wheel as I drive through the cold night, a big storm is coming but for now there's just a little rain and the freezing air
I press on the gas until I'm going past the speed limit. Something is so so wrong. I hear my phone vibrating. Someone's calling me but I can't reach it
It could be Nova
It could be Cadence because something happened to my sister
It could be the damn hospital calling to tell me she's injured...or dead
Dammit! I punch the steering wheel with my palms. A feeling settles in my gut as three ambulances loudly speed past me, heading opposite to my direction.
At least they're not for Nova if something happened, her phone tracker led me North. Close to where the party was.
I extend my arm as much as I can without letting go of the wheel, my fingers are not even close to reaching the phone.
I make a few turns, remembering the route the tracker showed me. It's a pretty abandoned street, covered in leafs and surrounded by trees
Why the fuck would they be alone here at night?, I don't care they were relatively safe inside the car someone could've popped their tires and assaulted them
I need to have a talk with my baby sister about safety measures. She has to have been really drunk to have let Cadence take this route
Most of the lampposts are turned off, the glass scattered on the gravel underneath them tells me all I need to know.
Where are you Nova?
I'm distracted trying to get the phone and don't notice the scene in front of me until I hear an explosion. I jerk myself upright and slam on the breaks, almost losing control of the car
No. Please God no.
Cadence's car is burning upside down, Fuck! I undo my seatbelt with shaky hands and open my door, noticing a police car beside the disaster
It's empty but why?
Nova please be alive. Please God I beg you. Please let her be okay
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Nova Grace
Random"Give me three months Nova, only three months and I'll show you what having a family is. That this life - despite all the pain you've endured - is worth living" Emilio, my father, whispers into the cold night He walks with cautious steps as I stand...
