It began with a refusal, a single choice not to look away. On a wind-scraped Texas highway, a restless dog paced and whined, sensing what no one else could see. A deputy’s buried guilt clawed its way back to the surface, whispering that this time could not end the same. The hay looked harmless. The driver almost sounded believa… Continues…
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