Shot (Prologue)

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:31:22 +0000

I was awakened by a scream in the middle of the night. 1:23 AM, to be exact. I lay on my soft bed, staring blankly at the ceiling above me. It was pitch black in my room. But it suddenly turned bright as white lightning filled the sky. Shortly after, I heard a loud bang. But it wasn’t thunder. It was a gunshot. But where did it come from? I walked to my bedroom window and tried to find where the gunshot came from. I saw a black Nissan Leaf driving away from my neighbor’s (directly across the street from me) house. I had never seen that car before. Was that really what I thought it was? There’s no way my best friend could have...