00:00I was driving solo, crossing Arizona late one night, the desert black as ink.
00:05Around 1 a.m., I saw her, a girl standing by the roadside,
00:08just before an abandoned gas station with a flickering, half-dead, open sign.
00:13She was young, maybe 19, wearing a light blue dress, shivering.
00:17I pulled over, stupid, I know.
00:20She slid in and just kept her head down, muttering thanks.
00:23Her hair was wet, clumped with dirt.
00:25Five miles down the road, I tried to make small talk.
00:27Where are you headed?
00:29She didn't move.
00:31I glanced at her in the dash-like glow.
00:33Look, are you okay?
00:35Do you need to call someone?
00:37She slowly lifted her head, and in the greenish light of the dashboard,
00:40I saw her eyes were wide, bloodshot, and completely unblinking.
00:45She whispered, he's still waiting.
00:48I slammed the brakes and threw the door open, demanding she get out.
00:51She just stared at me.
00:53I jumped out and ran around the car.
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