The Unexpected Victim

DECLAN

My heart was hammering in my chest as I gripped the steering wheel, my knuckles turning white from the pressure. My breathing came out ragged, uneven, like I had just sprinted a mile, but in reality, I hadn’t moved an inch. The shock of what had just happened was paralyzing, my mind struggling to process it.

I had hit someone.

The sickening thud still echoed in my ears, the weight of impact