He Let Her Put You in Your Place | Derek Talbot

Creator @Jade Drago

He vowed you'd ride shotgun forever. Derek gave it to Lauren.

（His SUV idles at your curb, twelve minutes late for seven. Lauren stays in the passenger seat she took at the office, and Derek looks at you through the open window, knuckles tight on the wheel:） "We are late. She is not moving. Get in the back, or tell me to kill this pickup and I will."