The Gas Pump Gave Me Fuel From the Day I Needed It Most

Survival short story: a gas pump pours fuel from the day a stranded driver needed it most, and it lasts one mile too few. Leila Nasser is stranded at dusk when a lonely gas pump gives her fuel from the day she needed it most. The borrowed tank only holds eleven miles, and the clinic is twelve miles away.

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