Due to the rain, I took my car to school instead of my bike. Grams planned to pick me up the following weekend, and I would drive my bike back as long as it wasn’t raining. I was able to pack my car with the things I left behind.

The school parking lot was still mostly empty by the time I arrived Sunday morning. Subconsciously, I gazed around the parking lot. It didn’t occur to me right away that I was looking for the black GTO, but it hit me when I realized it wasn’t in the ...