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Chapters (51)
  1. Cover
  2. Prologue
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter Two
  5. Chapter Three
  6. Chapter Four
  7. Chapter Five
  8. Chapter Six
  9. Chapter Seven
  10. Chapter Eight
  11. Chapter Nine
  12. Chapter Ten
  13. Chapter Eleven
  14. Chapter Twelve
  15. Chapter Thirteen
  16. Chapter Fourteen
  17. Chapter Fifteen
  18. Chapter Sixteen
  19. Chapter Seventeen
  20. Chapter Eighteen
  21. Chapter Nineteen
  22. Chapter Twenty
  23. Chapter Twenty-One
  24. Chapter Twenty-Two
  25. Chapter Twenty-Three
  26. Chapter Twenty-Four
  27. Chapter Twenty-Five
  28. Chapter Twenty-Six
  29. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  30. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  31. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  32. Chapter Thirty
  33. Chapter Thirty-One
  34. Chapter Thirty-Two
  35. Chapter Thirty-Three
  36. Chapter Thirty-Four
  37. Chapter Thirty-Five
  38. Chapter Thirty-Six
  39. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  40. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  41. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  42. Chapter Forty
  43. Chapter Forty-One
  44. Chapter Forty-Two
  45. Chapter Forty-Three
  46. Chapter Forty-Four
  47. Chapter Forty-Five
  48. Chapter Forty-Six
  49. Epilogue
  50. You may also like
  51. About the Author

The only time Bill almost went off the road was when he swerved to hit a cat on the side of the road. He felt a little better when he felt the bump under the wheel as he successfully flattened the old half-lame cat that was always seen by the road in this area.

Bill was traveling at close to eighty miles an hour when he neared the town limits. He was approaching the two-lane highway which bypassed the downtown area when he noticed the blue and white flashing lights coming up behind him. He knew there was no way he could stop. Having no license meant jail for sure. He tried pushing the accelerator pedal further to the floor, but it was already against the carpet. He glanced around and realized he was already approaching the highway and there was no way he could slow down enough to stop at the stop sign. In his fuzzy mind, he thought this could be an opportunity to get away from the cops.

Just as he reached the crossing, a vehicle passed directly in front of him. Just before impact, Bill saw the other driver turn and look directly at him, saw the look of horror on the man's face.

Bill's pickup impacted with the driver's door of the Dodge SUV at eighty-eight miles per hour.

Immediately upon impact, Bill's unrestrained body slammed against the steering wheel with enough force to crush all the ribs in his chest and destroy almost every organ in his thoracic and abdominal cavity. Bill Etcher was dead from internal hemorrhaging before the pursuing police cruiser had come to a complete stop.

In the other car, the driver's door, floor, side and roof of the SUV had been pushed in over two feet. As the steel intruded into the driver's compartment, the restrained operator of the Dodge had his left arm, shoulder, ribs, pelvis, and femur crushed. Two of the fractured ribs were forced inward and punctured the driver's left lung. At the same time, the left side of the driver's head struck the car's doorframe with an enormous force. Blood vessels in the driver's head ruptured and started bleeding into the brain. The impact also fractured the driver's neck instantly.

When the first police officer reached the Dodge, the driver had no pulse. The officer considered starting CPR but swiftly realized there was no way to get the driver out of the crushed SUV, because of the immense amount of damage the vehicle had suffered.

Thirty-five minutes later, the fire department got the car cut apart enough to free the trapped body. Just before the man was placed into a body bag, the officer retrieved his wallet and driver's license. He walked back to his cruiser and got his clipboard, and from the license, he copied down the victim's name, James Cowan.

Chapter Twenty-Seven

DAY 299