Chapter 4
Five years ago
Darren’s police radio blared, reporting an accident on I-5, one of the busiest highways flowing through Seattle. He was less than a minute from the location of the accident. He switched his siren on and zoomed through traffic, arriving first on the scene. As he pulled up behind the two-vehicle accident, he quickly realized one vehicle was in much worse shape than the other. A small sedan was crumpled against the guardrail, pinned between the guardrail and the other vehicle, which had come to a rest against the driver side door.
Darren ran to check on the passengers. There were two people waiting beside the car on the outside who appeared to be banged up, but okay enough to have gotten themselves out. One of them, a young woman, was crying so hard she was hyperve
