Full Summary:
She drove along the highway heading home from work. The weather was wet and she was tired. She never saw the truck. It came up the wrong side of the road. The truck never hit the brakes. She screamed as the truck came at her head on. The cell phone fell from her hand as she swerved to avoid the oncoming truck.
Work:
"Hey, Laila, what are you doing after work?" Chandra asked.
"Going home to take care of my siblings. Why?"
"Well,
I think you should spend one day away from home and with your
co-workers."
"Thanks Chandra, but I still have to baby-sit. My
mom is always doing drugs and my dad never comes home from the bar
anymore. I'm the only one responsible enough to take care of my
siblings. Jerry, the next door neighbor, watches them until I can get
home from work. I always make sure to make him something special for
his dinners, though."
"You know, taking care of your five siblings and a grown man who lives next door is a big job. Why can't your parents ever step up for a change?"
"I just told you why. Would you want a drug addict and a drunk watching you? I didn't think so."
The Boss walked in then.
"What's all this talking about?"
"Sorry, boss. But Laila here was just telling me how she watches after both her five siblings and the grown man who lives next door."
"And where are your parents? You're only sixteen, you know."
"My moms a drug addict and my dads a drunk who never comes home from the bar. The neighbor watches them during the day until I can get home from work and then I make him dinner. He doesn't really have any family to look after him anyways."
"So this is your way of asking for a raise?"
"No, but I thought you might like to know what we were talking about."
"I'll see about getting you a raise. Just get back to work. I'll make sure you're out of here at a decent hour tonight. The roads are going to be a mess so I'll be closing early anyways."
"Okay boss."