Five hundred forty-nine

's heart leap out of their chest, the sudden shock of being left behind, and his callous departure. The desolate night, the biting wind, the dim streetlights, the terrifying bus driver, the empty high...unaware that her fervent desire for his wounds to heal quickly and her constant refusal of his advances had pushed him to the very brink. It seemed she could set him ablaze with even the slightest car...