Chapter 1
Odette Annable as Danielle Greene (Dani)
WARNING: this book may be graphic at times, but I'll put warnings at the beginning of each chapter.
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"I'm so excited!" My little sister, Rachel, who is seven years old, exclaimed.
"I think I'm more excited than you." Maggie, my older sister, joked as she turned her head to look at Rachel.
"I can't reach my crayon!" Rachel whined from the backseat.
"Holy shit, Dani!" Maggie exclaimed as she shoved her phone in front of my face.
"What?" I asked, pushing her hand away.
"Never mind, it's a secret. I can't tell you." She replied.
"What? Why?" I inquired.
Maggie reached her arm to the backseat and handed Rachel a new crayon.
My heart came up to my throat as I watched a car cross the lanes and sped toward my car.
"Dani!" Maggie screamed.
I quickly turned my steering wheel, hoping we wouldn't collide.
Suddenly the impact hit us and our car began flipping.
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I slowly opened my eyes, hearing machines outside of my car.
I looked around, finding Maggie sobbing and screaming.
Blood was everywhere, and I started panicking.
"It's okay, we're almost to you!" Someone yelled from outside of the car.
"Oh my God, Rachel!" Maggie screamed.
I tried moving my head but my neck was in so much pain I couldn't move.
Maggie began crying even harder and so did I.
Suddenly the door to mine and Maggie's side was removed and people started working to get us out.
Suddenly Maggie fell limp in the passenger side before they could get her out.
I managed to look over to the other car, finding that a little boy was on a stretcher, and a grown woman was crying her eyes out.
"Ma'am, we're taking you to the hospital to get you checked out, okay?" Someone asked me as they put a mask over my nose and mouth.
I felt frozen and it was hard to think.
"Her name is Danielle Greene, age 28, lives in Atlanta." Someone declared.
I looked over to them, watching as they read my drivers license.
"Danielle, what's your birthday?" Someone asked.
The pain in my head got worse and I felt myself blacking out.
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"She's waking up." Someone stated as my eyes opened.
"There's my princess." My father, Hershel, stated as he put his lips on my forehead.
"Where's Rachel? Where's Maggie?" I asked, raising up from my bed and beginning to panic.
"Honey, you need to lay back down. You have four broken ribs, a concussion, and--"
"Where's Rachel and Maggie?" I asked again, interrupting my step-mother, Annette.
Suddenly everyone got quiet and I began panicking even more.
"Maggie is in ICU, and Rachel.." My dad answered as his voice began cracking.
"She didn't make it." Annette added, tears falling from her eyes.
"No.." I mumbled.
"Has anyone seen the bïtch that hit them?" My brother, Shawn, asked as he stormed into my room.
My father glared at Shawn before giving my hand a squeeze.
"Her son is in the ER. She's probably there." Beth, my other sister, answered.
I began crying and felt another hand on my arm.
"It's my fault," I cried.
"No, honey. It's not your fault." Annette replied.
"Did anyone get ahold of the lawyer?" Shawn asked.
"No." I replied.
"No?" Annette asked.
"You're not going to sue? Dani, you're hurt and Maggie is in there hooked up to a machine that's keeping her alive." Beth replied.
"No. I'll let the guilt of killing my baby sister and possible death of my older sister haunt her for the rest of her life." I replied.
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I wheeled myself into Maggie's ICU room, finding her unconscious with tubes all over her.
I put my hand on her's before putting my head down and started crying again.
"You can't die. I can't lose you, too." I cried.
"I was sleeping." Maggie mumbled.
I looked up at her and started crying even harder.
"Dad told me you were blaming yourself." She stated.
"I could've reacted quicker." I replied.
"You weren't the one that went over four lanes and hit someone. You weren't the one that was texting. You weren't the irresponsible one." She snapped.
I felt her hand squeeze mine and she put her head back on the pillow.
"Can you imagine if mom was alive?" Maggie asked.
"She'd go batshit crazy on that lady." I answered.
Maggie let out a laugh before putting a hand to her stomach.
"Excuse me?" A woman asked along with tapping her knuckles on the door.
We both looked to the door, finding a woman with small cuts on her face.
"You're the bitch that hit us!" Maggie yelled.
I quickly grabbed Maggie's hand and made her lay back down.
"I just wanted to apologize. I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt anyone. My own boy was in that car with me. I know I shouldn't have been texting, I know. I made a mistake and now I'm facing the consequences. I'm so, so sorry." She explained.
"They probably don't want to talk to you right now." A man stated as he walked up behind her.
"I'm sorry." The woman cried before leaving the room.
The man standing in a police uniform nodded to us before following her.
"Mom just came through you those two minutes." I told Maggie.
She smiled and started laughing.
"This is a dream. I know it's a dream. Rachel will come through with her dumb crayon bucket and coloring book any second." Maggie mumbled.
I began chewing on my bottom lip, and the pain began growing in my right side.
"Guess what? You're getting moved to a regular room." A nurse stated, walking into the room.
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I reached up and pressed the elevator button before waiting for the doors to open.
"No, forget it. I'm fine." I told my boyfriend before slamming my flip phone shut.
"I miss having a flip phone." I heard a man say from behind me.
The doors to the elevator opened and I began wheeling myself inside.
I looked to the man who I recognized as the policeman who made the lady leave earlier.
"Why?" I asked.
"You don't get to hang up on whoever you're talking to properly. Say you're pissed and you have one of these," He stated, holding up an iPhone. "You don't get to slam it shut and hang up on them, you have to press a button. It isn't as satisfying." He answered.
I crossed my arms and waited for the elevator to move.
"What floor?" He asked, making me realize I forgot to press the button.
"Two." I answered.
"Going to the cafeteria?" He inquired.
"Yeah." I mumbled.
"We're going to the same place." He replied.
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HAZARD IS HEREEEE
if u came from CEASE, y'all got a sneak peek but it's completely different and I changed everything. But I like this version way better.
thanks for reading!!