I’ve been staring at the lights flashing from the tail light of this car in front of me for half an hour now. I am now stuck in this heavy stressful carmageddon under this stupid rain. I buried my head into the steering wheel, “Why now?” I exclaimed to myself while imagining Sied’s furious face and his parents’ mocking stare.

I sighed as my mobile phone vibrated from the passenger’s seat. Now what? Do I have to listen to his scary voice, too? The car in front of me began to move so I wore my Bluetooth earpiece and answered the call with my breathy voice, “Hey! I’m sorry Sied,...