Wendy turned the radio volume all the way up. She laid on the horn, didn’t let up. She screamed, but it seemed someone else was screaming. Maybe there were others screaming. Wendy’s voice adding to the sheer noise of it all. It wasn’t working. Dale wouldn’t stop, and it wasn’t enough to just scream anymore. If she remained in her car, she’d be an innocent bystander, a victim. Or would everyone at the hospital, or the entire town say she brought this on herself? “She didn’t even try to help the poor man and she knew what an animal her husband was.” The town’s murmurings flooded the interior of her car. Judgements louder than the radio, her screams, Dale, the horn. The verdict was in. Sentenced for being afraid, for sitting by.”

The Bystanders by Dawn Major

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