Stories tagged “truck driver”
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Where There's Smoke, There's Fire (I)
The truck keeps honking, trying to warn us that we’re about to get hit, but there is no way I can move. Marcus is too heavy too move and I have no time to move him, so I push his leg to make the gas go faster. We zoom by the truck, missing it jus...
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Where There's Smoke, There's Fire (II)
“My name is Denny,” He says. I’m in his truck waiting for the ambulance to come. I hate to leave Marcus still in the car, but what else am I supposed to do? He’s bleeding. When the ambulance finally arrives, they pry open Marcus...
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Where There's Smoke, There's Fire (III)
I don’t know why, but I cried. When he said that, I teared up and cried, right then and there. Maybe it’s because it’s partly my fault, or maybe it’s because his children will never know who their father really was outside of th...
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Where There's Smoke There's Fire (IV)
Denny’s house smells strongly of cigarettes. His wife—if he had one—must be a chain smoker too. The house isn’t exactly what you’d call clean, but it’s tolerable. I follow Denny to the upstairs bedroom which is the e...
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Where There's Smoke There's Fire (V)
“Relax, honey,” She walked to the right of the bed and put down the tray on top of the nightstand I hadn’t noticed before. “Relax? You’re some crazy bitch who tied me to this bed!” I yell, struggling again. “No...
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Only One Way Out (I)
Laying tied on the bed got me thinking about everything. Ethan, my parents, my baby… Everything in my life is so fucked up, and I just keep getting into deeper shit, without even trying. I could blame most of it on the baby, but it’s always...
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Only One Way Out (II)
“You’re right,” Ruth says and I can’t believe how easy this is, “I have a ton of plastic knives.” She lets out a little chuckle. She leaves, but reappears quickly after with a plastic knife and fork. I stop pacing on...
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Only One Way Out (III)
There isn’t any shower, but there is a bathtub. One of those that you sit and rub yourself in for hours. I turn the knobs all the way to the left and let the water pour into the tub. I look around and find that next to the toilet is a big cabinet...
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The Oldest Truck Driver
I have seen civilizations rise and fall and generations live and die in a blink of my eye When you’ve lived as long as I have, time starts to contract I started as a slave driver then ship’s captain, then truck driver and airplane pilot Always tra...
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The Yellow Pajamas
Big Jim kept on hand on the wheel of the company big rig while he popped the cap off of his stash of Provigil. Putting the bottle to his lips, upended a couple into his mouth and washed them down with cold coffee. He hated taking the stuff but he was b...