He crosses state lines
Then he crosses state lines again
He pulls up to a gas station
Inside it's small and dirty
Glass separating the clerk from the rest of the world
Not exactly what he was used to
Every neighborhood he passed seemed to get worse
Why was she even in this area he thought to himself
He noticed a TV behind the counter
The news was on
They were talking about the accident
Hey! He shouted
Hey! What do you know about that?
Can - can you turn it up?
The man behind the counter looked annoyed
No you won't be able to hear it
TELL ME WHAT THEY'RE SAYING!
Or what?
He smashed his crying face up against the glass
.. please...
The clerk could see this insane man was in pain
So he tells him
A woman was seriously injured and taken to the hospital after an explosive car crash last night just a few miles from where they were
Where's the hospital
He begged
The clerk gave him directions
Forgetting to buy gas he ran out of the door and started driving again
He makes it to the hospital
Panicking
Where is she?
Where is she?
Everyone looks confused
A nurse asked who
The woman in the car accident
He's sobbing
I was going to ask her to marry me before she left
I never got a chance
God please tell me she's alive
I have to see her
She has to know how much I love her
Another nurse overheard and said she's in room 1208 on the second fl--
He was already running for the elevator
He gets to the second floor
Following the signs
Determined
Running
1205
1206
1207
... 1208
The room is empty
Omg! Where is she?
Where is she?
Please! Someone!
The woman in this room.
A man approaches
Who are you?
Please! Please sir. I love her. Where have they taken her? I need to know if she's alright.
The man became angry.
I'll ask you again
Who are you
I'm her lover
The man punched him in the face forcing him to stumble backwards
Her lover?
You're her lover?
He punches him again
Who the hell are you?
He covers his now bleeding nose
Who the fuck are you?
He lunges at the angry man.
Daddy?!
A small child cried out.
The men stop and see a little girl holding a stuffed purple bunny looking deeply concerned
Nothing mija
Edwardo what are you doing?
A cut up bruised woman limps towards them
Who is this man Edwardo?
He says he is your lover
He is some crazy stalker pendejo
Oh no
No no no
You have it wrong
I am so sorry
So sorry
Ma'am where did they take the other women who was in the accident with you
She limps closer
She could see his pain and felt sympathy
There was no other woman
Wha-what do you mean?
There was no other driver
When they put me in the ambulance I asked what happened then I asked about the other driver
The paramedic looked down and shook his head
I said oh dear God are they -
He interrupted me to tell me there was no body at the scene at least not in the front of the car but it was still on fire when we drove off
What does that mean?
Wh-what was she in the trunk?
Did someone take her?
Was she --
I didn't see anything
The car was on the side of the road with no lights on when I hit it
They never came to me about it
I wanted to know if I - if I had killed someone
They told me that they would need a statement either way but so far there was no body recovered
No body?
No body recovered?
He grabbed his head
He couldn't comprehend what was happening
He started crying and grunting
Raw pain anguish fear anger was bubbling up just beneath the surface as he tried to hold it in
He shouts WTF?!
Edwardo says
I'm sorry for hitting you
What you feel now is -
I get it ok I get it
I just need to know what happened
Security was coming around the corner and a nurse was pointing at him
Thank you
I'm sorry
He looks at the child
I'm really sorry
He runs towards the emergency exit and starts jumping down the stairs
His mind is racing
He has to find her
He makes it to his car and drives off
He gets into the highway to see where it happened
Maybe there's a clue
He runs out of gas