The Accident
Flashback to five years ago
Tang Xi and her mother had been walking home from the market, strolling hand in hand along the quiet street. As they approached, a pink Porsche car came speeding around the corner, its tires screeching as it failed to brake in time. The car swerved wildly, jumping the curb and striking Tang Xi's mother with a sickening thud. She was thrown to the ground, her body crumpling beneath the impact. The Porsche's front bumper was smeared with blood, and the windshield was cracked from the force of the collision.
Tang Xi screamed in horror, rushing to her mother's side as the driver of thePorsche stumbled out, her eyes fixed on the destruction she had caused. The young girl's face was pale, her hands shaking as she took a step back, then turned and fled the scene, leaving Tang Xi alone with her injured mother.
Tang Xi's mother lay motionless on the asphalt, her body crumpled and twisted in an unnatural position. The sound of screeching tires and shattering glass still lingered in the air. A pink Porsche, its front bumper dented and scratched, sat abandoned nearby. The street was eerily silent, except for the sound of Tang Xi's mother's labored breathing, as she struggled to survive. Tang Xi called the ambulance and her mom was taken to the hospital. The doctors tried their best to save her but she fell into a vegetative state.
Tang Xi was just seventeen then, she had seen the young girl drive recklessly before she hit her mother and fled from the scene. She told her father severally to file a complaint to the police but he refused saying that it was a mere accident.
Tang Xi went to the police and discovered that some drugs were found in the culprit's car, the young girl has been driving under the influence of drugs.
She was driving under the influence, she put my mom in such a miserable condition, I have to find her and make her pay, she had cried at the police station.
She had even described the face of the culprit to the police artist in order to aid their investigation but they still couldn't find the culprit.
Tang Xi continued going to the police station to ask for updates about the investigation but the police always gave her an assurance that they were still investigating and would find the culprit soon.
On one of Tang Xi's visit to the police station, one of the police officer took pity on her and decided to tell her the truth.
My dear, I advise you to stop coming here, the culprit has already been found but can't be charged nor sentenced, she is the daughter of a prominent figure, her family has already cleared all the evidence about the accident and you can't do anything about it, am just telling you this because you are still so young,coming to the police station everyday and taking care of your mom will take a toll on you, so I advise you to give up, this is a society where the rich can do whatever the want and get away with it, the police officer said.
Tang Xi was shocked at the revelation , the culprit has already been found but the police kept it from her, how unjust is the world. So just because she was rich, she can destroy other people's lives and go scott free, Tang Xi went back home disappointed at the police, she cried bitterly but no one could console her.
Tang Xi begged her father to use his means and find out who the culprit was but he refused and at a time she stopped begging him.
End of flashback
As she grew up, she has used whatever means she could afford to look for that young girl from five years ago but she couldn't find her. She seemed to have vanished into thin air but Tang Xi never gave up. Whenever she visits her mom at the hospital, her resolve to find the culprit behind the accident and bring them to justice strengthens.
Since the accident, she's has been tormented by the dreams of the accident scenes, it was rare for her to go to sleep without being awokened by the dream of the accident scene.
Tears slipped Tang Xi's eyes as she remembered the past,she wiped off her tears and packed up the box keeping it back into the drawer.
Going to the writing table in her room, she picked up her design book and started sketching on the earlier design. She had to finish the design before the end of the week, she wouldn't let anything happen to her mother's company.
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Who could be the culprit of the accident?