“The Message From the Coffin”

“Stay. Here.”

Something in his tone made her go silent.

The Drive Into the Dark

Within minutes, he was in his car, speeding through empty streets.

The city was asleep.

Streetlights blurred past him like ghosts.

His mind replayed everything:

The doctor’s calm voice: “She’s gone.”
The stillness of her body
The rushed closing of the coffin

Too rushed.

At the time, he had been too broken to question anything.