[Charlie doesn't seem to react at first, beyond a furrowing of eyebrows that could just as easily have been due to the road. Darned thing had more than a few cracks, hadn't been maintained in a while...maybe it was just her being too cautious at night? After a few moments, though, she puts on the turn signal and...pulls over, shifting the car quickly into park once it's stopped.
She heard. She doesn't recognize the voice (doesn't want to recognize it,) but she heard someone speak in the silence of the car and it unnerved her.
It may have been an auditory hallucination, though. Hearing things because it's dark and lonely and far too quiet. There's no one in the car besides her, though. After thinking about it for a moment, she exhales in annoyance and turns on the radio, flipping it to AM. She doesn't actually care for what's being said, but the noise grounds her, brings her back to reality.
Maybe she'd better head home for the night.
With that thought in mind, she puts the car back into drive, waits carefully, then pulls a U-turn and starts driving back home. The noise will keep her from being distracted again, she's sure.
(But why does it feel like her throat's closing up on her?)]
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She heard. She doesn't recognize the voice (doesn't want to recognize it,) but she heard someone speak in the silence of the car and it unnerved her.
It may have been an auditory hallucination, though. Hearing things because it's dark and lonely and far too quiet. There's no one in the car besides her, though. After thinking about it for a moment, she exhales in annoyance and turns on the radio, flipping it to AM. She doesn't actually care for what's being said, but the noise grounds her, brings her back to reality.
Maybe she'd better head home for the night.
With that thought in mind, she puts the car back into drive, waits carefully, then pulls a U-turn and starts driving back home. The noise will keep her from being distracted again, she's sure.
(But why does it feel like her throat's closing up on her?)]