Mountain Descent

The crisp mountain air whipped through Jennifer's hair as the truck hugged the winding roads high in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. It was her 25th birthday, and her father, Albert, had surprised her with a father-daughter road trip to celebrate. Little did they know their joyous excursion was about to take a dark and harrowing turn. As Albert's aging truck rounded a sharp bend, the vehicle suddenly veered off the road, flipping violently down the steep embankment. The sickening crunch of