He woke up

Still in that shit hole cell

Still locked inside a cage

He sat up

Thinking what's the point

Then he noticed

The cell was open

He worried if it was another mind trick

He didn't care

He was going for it

An elderly woman stepped in front of him

With a raspy voice she said

Honey yer in my way

It's my break time

Feel free to not look at the paperwork on my desk

She shuffled passed him

He started to walk quickly to the door

He wasn't going to actually look what was on her desk but a picture caught his eye

It was of the car accident

Shirley you beautiful woman you

He was giggling like a school girl

He would get answers now

So he thought

No mention of the other driver being at the scene

No tags

No way to identify the car

The car was taken to a lot about a half a mile up the road to impound

What the hell...

He whispered to himself

This-this can't be

He had no answers he needed

He heard Shirley coming back

He had to leave

He rushed out the front door and started walking

He thought

What was he to do now

Going back to the scene wouldn't help

Would it?

He knew exactly where it happened

That is what he wanted

But he had gotten his hopes up so high again

He thought he'd be able to skip that entire process of looking for something that might not even still be there or never was

He had to try it's all he could think to do

He reached for his wallet

It was gone

His keys were gone

Oh fuck He thought

Fuck fuck fuck

Shit

He had never spent a day in his life this low

He's never gone without a phone

Without money

Without a car

Not like this

He was used to very fine things

Very expensive things

He wasn't an elite stuck up narcissist

But he was never a poor boy either

He made his way to a nearby diner and asked to use their phone

Hey Mac

I need you to wire some money

Nothing happened I just lost my keys and wallet and car

Listen I don't need a lecture

I just need money

Idk where I am

Hey honey where am I?

The waitress gave him the location

He repeated it to Mac

Ok thanks

He hung up

Is there a Western Union around here?

The waitress told him there was one three streets over and four streets up

Thanks

I better get walking

He makes it to the western union

It's closed

He pulls on the doors

What the fuck?!

Come on!

There's a car in the parking lot flashing it's lights

He throws his hands up

A man rolls down the window

And waves him over

Get in

What?

Why would I --

Mac sent me

He reluctantly gets in the car

I've been instructed to drive you wherever you need to go, sir.

I need to go to highway marker 51 on the S-75

Alright then, sir.

The man was quiet the entire ride

They made it to the area

The road still blackened where it had been scorched

He tells the man to pull over and gets out

He stands in the middle of the road just looking around

There's nothing they've already cleaned up

There's nothing

He walks over towards the treeline on the roadside

He noticed some broken branches

One minute

Just wait a minute

He signals to the driver

He starts looking closer at the trees

The branches are broken but so are the ones on the trees behind them

He starts making his way through

It looks like something plowed their way through this entire area

He comes back out

Hey! He calls to the driver

Hey man. Where do these woods let out?

The driver looks at him

Sir there's tens of thousands of acres of Forrest

Then there's even more of crops

And a few farm houses

In this area

So what is that

Sir that's several miles of trees

Several miles of crops

It would take hours just to walk straight through

How many hours?

Probably about 6 or 7 unless you're running

Sir

Ok well how long does it take to drive around this area?

Hop in sir

We'll circle the area

Should I be looking for anything in particular?

No no it's

It's just that

Well just let me know if you think anything is strange or notice anything out of the ordinary

Very well sir