Aftershock

Dragging her attention back to the freeway, she tried to focus. In the distance she could see smoke billowing up from one of the vehicles in front of her. People were blasting their horns in rage and confusion. Many cars in front of her were wrecked. She gasped as she watched in her rearview mirror one vehicle after another hit each other, forming a pileup. The nonstop honking only served to give her a headache. Softly she pleaded with the other drivers, "Please, everybody, just stop honking.