Chapter 197 - 196: Superhero Uncle
Of course, he could’ve moved aside. Slipped into one of the quieter corners, waited it out away from the wreckage and the dwindling crowd. But he didn’t.
Not yet.
Because this wasn’t something you just walked away from.
He stayed, first and foremost, because the authorities hadn’t arrived yet. And this wasn’t a minor fender-bender — it was serious. One car totaled. A man still slumped behind the wheel, motionless, his condition unknown. Smoke still curling from the crumpled hood like the last breath of something barely hanging on.
Rex wasn’t a cop, but he knew better than to walk away from a scene like this. Someone had to be present. Someone had to answer questions when the flashing lights eventually arrived.
And secondly... the girl.
Still clinging to his chest like he was the only solid thing in a world that had just flipped upside down.
He didn’t know her name. Didn’t know where she came from. But he knew one thing for sure — someone, somewhere, had to be missing her. A parent. A sibling. A guardian. Someone.
With all the noise, the chaos, the trail of honking cars and rubbernecking drivers, there was no way they hadn’t noticed by now. If they were nearby, they’d come running.
They had to.
So Rex stayed where he was, arms still wrapped gently around her, shielding her from the remnants of the spectacle, from the smoke and glass and the leftover tension clinging to the air.