Silent Night

Seigh’s best memories of childhood were of the times that his parents would take he and his sister, Darling, to the lake. The age of eight, was the last time they had ever gone. Later that year, crossing the road, Darling and her parents were killed in a hit and run. Seigh had been saved by a team effort between Arthur, and the only Filipino kid in Gloucester City, named Billy. Seigh had been fortunate that the Billy had been standing there piecing together what was about to happen. Arthur had managed to salvage enough time quickly push Seigh behind him. Grabbing Seigh by the collar, Billy yanked him back into the crossing median and kept him safe from the impending harm. Arthur, Andrea and Darling had been caught in the blinding cross-hairs of a black junk-truck. The still-gaze of the headlights reflected the cold air on the early winter evening.

Arthur, had also tried grasping Darling before the truck swerved into her, so he could take the brunt of the impact with his back. But, the truck whipped into Darling, pitching her twenty-feet through the air. Her head struck a curb and her skull cracked like an egg, the curb was stained from her brain matter. Arthur and Andrea had been struck in the back and the truck pummeled them like a female grizzly protecting her cubs. The truck hitched up and down, as the weight of the metal in the back of the pickup shattered and crushed the bones in their bodies, puncturing lungs and vital organs. Andrea had survived for only a short time after, her gurgled breathing quickly stopped before either Billy or Seigh could notice. Darling and Arthur both died instantly, leaving Seigh alone with the well known stranger that saved his life. Standing together in disbelief, while the truck drove off into the silent night.

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