The song began to fade out, the long trails of reverb swallowing the final, lonely notes.
The edge of the sun finally cracked over the distant mountains, spilling a blinding, raw orange light across the desert floor. It struck the windshield of Leo's car, illuminating the empty passenger seat where Maya used to sit. SUNRISE (SLOWED REVERB)
Leo was running from a choice he had made exactly twenty-four hours ago—a choice that cost him the only person who ever truly looked at him and saw someone worth saving. Maya was gone, leaving nothing behind but the ghost of her perfume and a collection of cassette tapes he could never bring himself to throw away. The song began to fade out, the long
He looked out over the horizon. A thin, jagged line of pale indigo was beginning to bleed into the pitch-black sky. The very first hint of dawn. Leo was running from a choice he had