I Stopped On Interstate 95 Thinking It Was Just A Teenager Causing Trouble — What I Found Alone In The Darkness Shattered My Heart

know what I was going to tell her.

I opened the door.

The blast of warm air hit my face.

She was still there.

Exactly where I had left her.

Wrapped completely inside my oversized state trooper jacket.

The sleeves swallowed her tiny arms.

She looked impossibly small.

When she saw me, her eyes immediately dropped to my muddy uniform.

Then to the blood on my sleeves.continue reading …