. i had to act . i didn't know when my last chance to act would come . but i susdpevted there was a decent chance my opportunity would expire in he next few seconds .
"oh , dasrn , i think he's slowing down ," oden said . he waggled the gun ." don't you even ....."
he left the final caution unfinished . i was back on his radar .
i was about to reach out with my bound hands and grap the whel . my hastily assembled plan was to try to force the coop's attention by swinging the camry hard so it would weave into the other lane juast before the cioop's arrival on our section of road .
a split second before i lunged for sterring wheel oden tapped the brakes and show the camry onto the shopulder . we rolled to a stop .
shit !
he returned his eyes to the mirror . he said ." holy heck .....it's an ambulance . not a cop . it;'s stopping . heck , heck , heck , and hell ."
thre siren 's squeal changed to a strident whoopp . whoop . whoop .
five seconds later , the boxy shape of a rescue van rolled oast us .
it seemed to accelerate as it flew down the road .
"didn't stop ," oden said , in obvious relief as he stared at thre departing truck . a oment later , he added ,." thing must be going ninety by now . you thnk ?"
"at least ." i watched my hoope being consumed in the vortex of its wake .
amy moaned ."noooooooooooo." it wasn't a scream . it was a plaintive moan that made my protoplasm quiver .
amy , too , had heard opprtunity come , and go .
"oh , dasrn , i think he's slowing down ," oden said . he waggled the gun ." don't you even ....."
he left the final caution unfinished . i was back on his radar .
i was about to reach out with my bound hands and grap the whel . my hastily assembled plan was to try to force the coop's attention by swinging the camry hard so it would weave into the other lane juast before the cioop's arrival on our section of road .
a split second before i lunged for sterring wheel oden tapped the brakes and show the camry onto the shopulder . we rolled to a stop .
shit !
he returned his eyes to the mirror . he said ." holy heck .....it's an ambulance . not a cop . it;'s stopping . heck , heck , heck , and hell ."
thre siren 's squeal changed to a strident whoopp . whoop . whoop .
five seconds later , the boxy shape of a rescue van rolled oast us .
it seemed to accelerate as it flew down the road .
"didn't stop ," oden said , in obvious relief as he stared at thre departing truck . a oment later , he added ,." thing must be going ninety by now . you thnk ?"
"at least ." i watched my hoope being consumed in the vortex of its wake .
amy moaned ."noooooooooooo." it wasn't a scream . it was a plaintive moan that made my protoplasm quiver .
amy , too , had heard opprtunity come , and go .
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