. " no cops there yet ," oden said ." that's lucky . i'm going to go around too . like that truck did . before the coops get here ."
i turned to amy ." breathe .....breathy ."
she growled . coughed . so much for her trance .
when i turened back , the oistol was pointed at my head ," don't be a hero ," oden said .
"on't kill her ," i said .
he seeemed surprised ."ui'm not going to kill her , nit yet ."
my heart hiccupped at the thought of the alternative he had planned .
he lowered the =gun to my bewlly ," you don't want to be gut shot and left to die in the dedesert ," he said ." that's my opffer . not if yoou die / how .yopu dont want to be alive when the scavengers come . so be good . i don't care ."
we approasched the ambulance at crawl .
the accident had taken place where the ywo lane road crossed an arroyo at the base of a small hill . i could tell that the camry sedan was going to have a difficult time doing what the twin cab pickup had just done - circling around the scene by droppping dowqn onto the soft sand of the dry sr=treambed before climbing the steep bank back tio the high way on the other side .
oden recognized the predicament . withg stunning understatement he aid ," darn."
he couldn't risk the three of us getting stuck in the arroyo within sight of the paramedics .i was certain he'd turn around before he'd risk that . he checked the opposite side of the road . but it fell off too steeoly to even consider using uit as an alternative bypass . someone was going to have to move the ambulance if we were going to get past the accident .
oden apparently reached the same conclusion . he stopped the camry thirty yardsw from the ambulance . he ripped a long piece of duct tape from a roll he had on the floor in front ogf him ." wrap yopur mouth ," he said ," all the way around your head ."
i did . he ripped another piece ." again ."
i turned to amy ." breathe .....breathy ."
she growled . coughed . so much for her trance .
when i turened back , the oistol was pointed at my head ," don't be a hero ," oden said .
"on't kill her ," i said .
he seeemed surprised ."ui'm not going to kill her , nit yet ."
my heart hiccupped at the thought of the alternative he had planned .
he lowered the =gun to my bewlly ," you don't want to be gut shot and left to die in the dedesert ," he said ." that's my opffer . not if yoou die / how .yopu dont want to be alive when the scavengers come . so be good . i don't care ."
we approasched the ambulance at crawl .
the accident had taken place where the ywo lane road crossed an arroyo at the base of a small hill . i could tell that the camry sedan was going to have a difficult time doing what the twin cab pickup had just done - circling around the scene by droppping dowqn onto the soft sand of the dry sr=treambed before climbing the steep bank back tio the high way on the other side .
oden recognized the predicament . withg stunning understatement he aid ," darn."
he couldn't risk the three of us getting stuck in the arroyo within sight of the paramedics .i was certain he'd turn around before he'd risk that . he checked the opposite side of the road . but it fell off too steeoly to even consider using uit as an alternative bypass . someone was going to have to move the ambulance if we were going to get past the accident .
oden apparently reached the same conclusion . he stopped the camry thirty yardsw from the ambulance . he ripped a long piece of duct tape from a roll he had on the floor in front ogf him ." wrap yopur mouth ," he said ," all the way around your head ."
i did . he ripped another piece ." again ."
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