He was beginning to realize just how deeply buried the memory of that day was in his mind, up until today he hadn’t even thought of the day he left his home town. It had been one year ago to this day since he had left and remembering the reason he left made him nauseous and nervous, the only reason he let the memory creep up to the front of his mind is because of the obituary written in the newspaper. The obituary that said Toby Nichols was dead. Again he read his obituary with confusion. It wasn’t just confusion though, it was also a longing to go back home to his family and a sadness because he knew he couldn’t do that, not unless he was willing to potentially get arrested for the death of Carolyn Wilson even though it had been an accident.
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He got in his 2001 blue pick-up truck at around 8:00 AM and drove to her house. Pulling into the drive way and putting his truck in park he quickly texted her letting her know he was there. As he waited for her to come out he began to get a fluttery nervous feeling in the pit of his stomach, since Toby had met Carolyn he’s had a crush on her and he was pretty sure she never found out about it and even if she had he knew that it would probably only have made things weird between them, besides he wasn’t really her type anyhow. He was average height and a little chubby, his thick curly brown hair was always messy and he wore hand-me downs that never fit the way he would have liked them to. You could say he was the exact opposite of the guys she usually liked. Finally after about ten minutes Toby heard the door to the house close and he snapped out of his thoughts and looked up as she came out to his truck, her long black hair was pulled back and held up by white elastic and carrying her grey backpack. She hopped into the passenger side of his truck and sat her backpack on her lap. Peering at him with her wide brown eyes she said “Hey Toby, ready to go?” Responding quickly with a “yeah I am” he put the truck in reverse and pulled out of the
He got in his 2001 blue pick-up truck at around 8:00 AM and drove to her house. Pulling into the drive way and putting his truck in park he quickly texted her letting her know he was there. As he waited for her to come out he began to get a fluttery nervous feeling in the pit of his stomach, since Toby had met Carolyn he’s had a crush on her and he was pretty sure she never found out about it and even if she had he knew that it would probably only have made things weird between them, besides he wasn’t really her type anyhow. He was average height and a little chubby, his thick curly brown hair was always messy and he wore hand-me downs that never fit the way he would have liked them to. You could say he was the exact opposite of the guys she usually liked. Finally after about ten minutes Toby heard the door to the house close and he snapped out of his thoughts and looked up as she came out to his truck, her long black hair was pulled back and held up by white elastic and carrying her grey backpack. She hopped into the passenger side of his truck and sat her backpack on her lap. Peering at him with her wide brown eyes she said “Hey Toby, ready to go?” Responding quickly with a “yeah I am” he put the truck in reverse and pulled out of the