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He can see the two kids in their car (the boy's mother's Rambler).
Lake Herman Road.
Their first date.
He stands some distance away, hands tucked into his pockets, just watching. He knows how this will play out.
Another car pulls into the turnout and parks beside them. A man climbs out.
Paul can't see his face. God, he wishes he could. He doesn't trust himself to go closer.
(He can't, anyway. He's stuck to the spot.)
The boy gets out of the car as the man gestures.
He's halfway out when the man shoots him in the head.
(The gunshot sends a shock through Paul's spine.)
The boy drops like a stone.
The girl's screaming as she gets out of the car, running for her life, away, away, away.
She makes it twenty-eight feet with five shots through her back before she hits the ground, too.
The man gets back in his car, and drives away.
(The car's tail lights are blinding.)
Lake Herman Road.
Their first date.
He stands some distance away, hands tucked into his pockets, just watching. He knows how this will play out.
Another car pulls into the turnout and parks beside them. A man climbs out.
Paul can't see his face. God, he wishes he could. He doesn't trust himself to go closer.
(He can't, anyway. He's stuck to the spot.)
The boy gets out of the car as the man gestures.
He's halfway out when the man shoots him in the head.
(The gunshot sends a shock through Paul's spine.)
The boy drops like a stone.
The girl's screaming as she gets out of the car, running for her life, away, away, away.
She makes it twenty-eight feet with five shots through her back before she hits the ground, too.
The man gets back in his car, and drives away.
(The car's tail lights are blinding.)