Guilt

I have been feeling guilty for days. 4 days ago, as I was driving back home in the evening, I was on a pretty high speed considering that it's my neighbourhood lane, I bumped into a middle-sized dog that ran across the lane. By bumping, I meant that I had a contact with the dog's backside with my car. It was dim, suddenly the dog dashed out from nowhere and came into my vision. I swerved my car to the left, it turned to the other direction quickly but apparently not quick enough, and so I heard a small thud and did feel the small impact from within the driver's seat. I slowed down my car to take a look at my side and rear view mirror, but couldn't see where the dog escaped to. I really hope that the dog didn't suffer any injuries. Last evening, I rode my bicycle around the neighbourhood to see if the dog belongs to any of my neighbour. I couldn't find it... -_-

Ya know, the scariest thing about this incident was that, at that point as I swerved my car and I hit the dog, I actually had little sense of compunction at all. The thought of hitting the dog is no big deal actually flashed across my mind. I was almost cold-blooded. That was the split second that I felt I was a terrible person.