Yeah, it was almost exactly like that. The first time our group "congregrates" in the day is at interval, and Katrina was the type who'd always be at school unless she literally could not leave the house. So when she wasn't there this morning I asked if anyone knew where she was and I think Lizzie must have heard the morning announcement on the radio, because she said there had been a crash out Te Pahu way, and that they'd blocked off the road as there had been a fatality, which was probably why Katrina wasn't at school - she couldn't get through, or would have realised by now that all the parking was gone so she would have just stayed home which would be completely unlike her. We didn't even think of making a link between the two... Why would it be her? She's an incredibly sensible driver after all, never did anything illegal or stupid. Not ever.
It simply hasn't sunk in. I'm waiting for a phonecall, to hear her voice, laughing at me for falling for this, and that's it's all just some twisted practical joke.
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