I Cancelled The Ride, Turned Off The App, And Refused To Take Him Home—Because In That Moment, I Realized He Didn’t Need A Driver… He Needed Someone Willing To Break The Rules To Save Him

It was supposed to be my last trip of the night, the kind you accept without thinking because it’s on your way home and you’re already tired enough to stop caring. The pickup location was a quiet side street near a row of dim apartment buildings, the kind of place that felt half-asleep even in the middle of the night. …