Act I The little boy had not touched anyone. He had run past another child near the playground swings, laughing as his sneakers tapped against the rubber…

Act I The two dogs passed each other without so much as a growl. Their leashes came close for one second. That was enough to make the…

Act I The pumpkin rolled less than two feet. It stopped beside a child’s white sneaker, startling him just as his mother raised her phone to take…

Act I The folding chair barely brushed the man’s polished shoe. He looked down at it as though someone had deliberately insulted him. Fourteen-year-old Oliver Hayes froze…

Act I One drop of water fell from a dish tray and landed beside a woman’s expensive high heel. She looked down at the wet concrete. Then…

Act I The apple crate was almost touching the ground when the man decided the boy wasn’t moving fast enough. Fifteen-year-old Daniel Miller stood beside a produce…

Act I Three tiny pieces of snow slid across the white porch steps and stopped beside a pair of expensive winter boots. The woman wearing them looked…

Act I The boy held a raffle ticket a little too close to the man’s hand. That was his mistake. Three minutes earlier, thirteen-year-old Noah Bennett had…

Act I The elderly woman’s wheelchair was moving too slowly for the man in the camel coat. So he kicked the teenage boy pushing it. Fifteen-year-old Ethan…