Havermouth, Present Time **Trigger Warning - this chapter leads into a school shooting ** “It feels… wrong,” Guy said for about the fourth time. “Like, I shouldn’t be free, and wow, June, watch your speed. It feels like we’re going really fast. I’ve only been in the prison transport to and from hearings over the last five years, remember, and there isn’t a view out of them. I forgot what it looks like for things to whizz past you so fast.” “I’m doing five kilometers under the speed limit, Guy,” June told him with more patience that Aislen would have. “If I go any slower, the cars behind me are going to go nuts.” “I don’t know what I expected about being released,” he admitted, bracing his palms against the dash as if physically trying to slow the car. “Maybe something more formal than sign here, here’s your stuff, off you go.” “You have to check in with your parole officer tomorrow, and then start work, so I guess that will be more formal. But for now, let’s just get you home, and
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