Before Angela could even grasp what happened to them she was being thrown around, her seatbelt digging deep into her chest. She could hear glass shattering all around her along with screams of metal that made her ears hurt. Somebody began to yell, but she didn't know if it was her or her father. Almost as abruptly as the hit her body jerked to the right, stopping instantly.
She kept her eyes closed as she kept listening to the truck hiss and groan. Moaning she finally tried to open her eyes, but winced as that caused her pain. Something was stuck in her left eye making it impossible to open. Ever so slowly she opened her right to see the headlights were angled funny. Confused she looked out her window and saw the pavement.
"Dad." She said her voice soft. "Dad, what happened?" When she got no answer she gradually turned her head to see her father laying very still over the steering wheel. "Dad." Tears began to well up in her eyes. "Please talk to me."
When her father didn't answer she gradually reached out for his hand and held it. His fingers slightly curled around hers making her cry even harder. This made her chest hurt and her eye to sting, but she pushed it aside. Her father was alive, they both made it through the accident.
"I'm not going to let go, dad." She began to sob. "Hang on dad. Just hang on."
She leaned her head back, which was difficult to do with her hanging upside down and closed her good eye. Just a quick drive to the local general store changed their lives in one brief, terrible instant. She didn't even know if her father was even okay, but she could feel the warmth in his hand which told her he was very much alive. She gently squeezed and he gradually squeezed back while taking a deep coughing breath.
Angela smiled through her tears. "You're alive."
Her father tried to move however that must have caused him pain. He let out a deep moan then another cough. "What happened?" His voice was barely above a whisper.
"I really don't know." She glanced out her window to see feet approaching. "Dad, help is here." She turned to her father. "Please, stay with me."
A young man appeared next to her with a large bag in his hands. "Hey there, my name is Griffin. Where you hurting at?"
Angela tried to lift her arm but was quickly stopped by Griffin. "My eye and my ribs."
"Are your legs bothering you any?"
She gently moved her toes which caused some pain to go up her legs. "Yeah, I can feel my legs." Turning to her dad she saw that a woman was helping him out. "How's my father?"
"His being taken care of." Griffin said with a smile then took a long deep breath. "Since your upside down it's going to be a little tricky and painful to get you out." He turned as a woman approached with a backboard. "This here is Sally she works for Medivac. We're going to get you out." He checked her pulse then gently touched her left eye. "What's your name?"
"Angela." Angela winced as he touched her ribs. "That hurts."
"All right, feel some broken ribs." Griffin placed a neck-brace around Angie's small neck making her wince. "Do you know what happened?"
Flashes of headlights and metal went before her mind. "I think a car wreck."
"Okay." Griffin then moved over so Sally could take over.
Sally checked Angela's pulse again then opened up her medical bag. "Angie, we'll get you and your father out of here." She placed an IV in Angela's arm then smiled. "Don't worry everything is going to be just fine."
At the ranch house Alex checked on the lasagna then sat down at the dining room table expecting Walker and Angela home at any minute. Glancing at her watch she saw that fifteen minutes had passed since they went to the grocery store. She was about to get up and check the lasagna again when Keaton stepped up to her.
Seeing his swollen eye and cheek she couldn't help but to gasp. "Oh, Keaton."
He shrugged her off. "Ain't nothin. Thanks for letting me stay here for a bit."
"Oh, it's no problem." The phone rang and she smiled. "Dinner is about to start so why don't you get yourself cleaned up." She went to the phone and picked it up. "Walker's residence."
"Mrs. Walker this is Officer Bennett." Said the voice on the other end.
Alex quickly grabbed the counter and closed her eyes. "Are they okay?"
"We don't know. We got a call from Mr. Groves neighbor, Mr. Hardy saying that he had heard a lot of commotion going on in the apartment. When we went in to check nobody was there, but there was a suicide letter." Officer Bennett sighed heavily. "Mr. Groves is going to commit suicide and take Mr. Walker and your daughter with him."
"Where is he?" She shakily placed her hand at her mouth. "Walker, is late coming home from the grocery store."
Keaton walked in looking really confused. "What's wrong?"
Alex held up her hand. "Can you please check to see if there was an accident on Appleton Road." When the officer agreed to she nodded. "Okay, I'll be by the phone."
As she hung up the phone she turned to Keaton not knowing what to say. She took a deep breath she turned the oven off then motioned for both of them to sit at the dining room table. Keaton looked at her with his deep green eyes as though he was trying to read into Alex's soul.
"What happened? It's my dad, right?"
She slowly nodded. "Yes." She took hold of his hand, but he pulled it away. "He's going to commit suicide tonight and he's going to..." She swallowed hard. "He's going to kill Walker and Angela."
"What the fuck!" He rubbed his hand through his spiked hair. "Sorry. You're kidding right?"
"I'm afraid not, that was an officer that I got off the phone with." She took a deep breath. "Would your father really do something like this?"
Keaton shrugged. "I don't know. I mean his only taken his anger out on me..." His voice trailed off as he buried his head into his hands. "Shit, what did I do?"
"What's wrong?" Alex began to get worried. "Did he say anything?"
He shook his head. "When he started arguing with me I told him that Walker was a better father to me then he was. Shit, I didn't mean for him to do this."
The phone rang and Alex quickly went to pick it up, ignoring the young man's cursing. "Walker residence?"
"This is Officer Bennett again. There has been an accident called in about thirty minutes ago. Rescue personal just arrived at the scene ten minutes ago."
"Thank you." Alex hung up and grabbed her car keys. "There's been an accident."
"Are we going to check it out?"
Alex nodded, trying so hard not to tear up. "Sure are. Hopefully we get to see if it's them or not."
