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ELISE is tangled in her bike, her head bloody, her helmet in pieces. She is dead. People are crowding around her. Itās morning.
ELISE. Okay
this is
ah
this isnāt
thatās not meant
not meant to
ah
oh
yeah but
Iām ā yeah
but I have to
Iām actually really, Iām really young to be, I was
Iāve just dropped off and I was already late
okay
no
nothing is
canāt seem to
thatās kind, all gathering round, you didnāt have to
oh, so the driverās stopped now
BIT FUCKING LATE
not even leaving his
passengers staring out, kids, en route to college, through the scrim of dirt, the old, the young, the people who tend to use buses
donāt look too good
not that I feel
in a minute, what happens, I go back into? Iā¦ Iā¦
the exact spot
the exact spot
I always said, where visibility, where I always say, never, because they cut in, but you break your own, the one day you break your own
Oh no this is serious, I am teaching first thing, I
This is serious, somebody needs to
I mean they are trouble, restive, they can be chaos when youāre late ā because how long is it going to take to get the news through, itās all very well, itās all very well you crowding round but whoās going to start that lesson off? Toby Popeāll go ballistic, already going
Not strictly speaking I suppose my problem, but
Kayleighāll cotton on to it, nice girl, give it five minutes, Kayleighāll take it upon herself and go to Julieās office and then what, then theyāll contact my contact number, no, phone home, then phone Andrew ā shit, heās on the road today, I donāt know if I gave them his new mobile, shit, who...
